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Fast & fabulous Korean beef
Dinner in 20? Yes, please! Minced beef is sizzled with mushrooms and green pepper in a tomato sauce flavoured with gochujang, garlic, ginger and soy. Topped with kimchi pickles and served with generous heaps of rice, it’s fast, filling and super-tasty.
SWK: High protein
Plants 4
quick cook
Serving size
Ingredients
- 140g basmati rice
- 1 pepper
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 2 tbsp gochujang paste (Cereals Containing Gluten, Soya, Wheat) (Black Bean Puree(SOYBEANS (SOYA), Water, Salt, WHEAT.), Fermented Cayenne Mash (Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Acetic Acid E260), Red Chillies, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic, Mirin, Cornflour, Yeast Extract.)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 120g chestnut mushrooms
- 1 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 50g kimchi (Chinese Cabbage (79%), Carrot (10%), Spring Onion (6%), Sea Salt, Chilli Powder, Ginger, Garlic)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 508
Protein: 36g
Carbs: 78g
Fat: 7.7g
Ingredients
- 280g basmati rice
- 120g chestnut mushrooms
- 2 pepper
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 4 tbsp gochujang paste (Cereals Containing Gluten, Soya, Wheat) (Black Bean Puree(SOYBEANS (SOYA), Water, Salt, WHEAT.), Fermented Cayenne Mash (Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Acetic Acid E260), Red Chillies, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic, Mirin, Cornflour, Yeast Extract.)
- 8 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 2 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 50g kimchi (Chinese Cabbage (79%), Carrot (10%), Spring Onion (6%), Sea Salt, Chilli Powder, Ginger, Garlic)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 497
Protein: 36g
Carbs: 76g
Fat: 7.3g
Fast & fabulous Korean beef
Dinner in 20? Yes, please! Minced beef is sizzled with mushrooms and green pepper in a tomato sauce flavoured with gochujang, garlic, ginger and soy. Topped with kimchi pickles and served with generous heaps of rice, it’s fast, filling and super-tasty.
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
Korean
Food group:
Beef
Allergens: Cereals Containing Gluten, Soya, Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- saucepan
- Large non stick frying pan
Boil your rice
- Cook the rice in boiling water for 10-12 mins, then drain.
Sizzle the mince
- Meanwhile, thinly slice the mushrooms, then deseed the peppers and dice into 1cm squares.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a high heat. Tip in the mince, lightly season and cook for 4-6 mins, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until browned all over.
Turn up the flavour
- Add the mushrooms and peppers and cook for 2 mins.
- Stir in the gochujang, ginger & garlic paste, tamari and passata. Crumble in the stock, pour in 150ml water (250ml for 4 portions) and stir well. Simmer for 4-5 mins.
Bring everything together
- Serve the Korean beef on the rice and top with a dollop of kimchi.