Thai-Style Ground Beef

Submitted by Redsie

"A wonderful recipe from Cooking Light. A delicious way to use ground beef. You can make it spicier by using more red curry paste."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• cooking spray
• 1 cup thinly sliced leek
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon red curry paste
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 cup light coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon grated lime rind
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon asian fish sauce
• 3 cups hot cooked short-grain white rice

directions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add leek; sauté 5 minutes.
3. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute.
4. Add beef; cook 7 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble.
5. Stir in curry paste and tomato sauce; cook until half of liquid evaporates (about 2 minutes).
6. Add milk and next 4 ingredients (through fish sauce); cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
7. Serve with the rice.

Reviews

[Captains Lady]

This wasn't quite as quick a lunch as I had hoped for but it was a totally different use of ground beef than just the usual. Fairly well flavored but needed more heat so I added about 1/2 t of sriracha. Served it to DH over rice noodles and myself over pasta. Rice noodles were clearly the better choice. Sprinkled with cilantro, it was a very decent dish!

 

[adopt a greyhound]

I used regular onion in place of leeks but this was great. I may use less fish sauce next time and more curry paste. No rice but went great with Recipe #115028.

 

[Baby Kato]

5 stars all day every day Redsie. What a great recipe. Made as written but used green onions and red sweet onions instead of the leeks. I can't get those here now... I went with what I had. They worked great in the dish. It was delicious, soft and gentle. I served it over basmati rice and garnished with toasted coconut, shredded candied ginger, sliced green onions, cilantro and sesame seeds. What a memorable meal, I can't wait to make this again. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[cuppycakes]

Used onions instead of leeks and increased to 2 cups. Used 3 tablespoons of curry paste because 1 teaspoons is nothing. I didn't have lime rind so I didn't add it. But it was quick and delicious.

 

[Lillian P.]

This is a very good basic recipe, thanks for sharing. I added more curry paste and used coconut cream based on availability. I also added sriracha sauce to make it more spicy, and added tofu and a handful off peas (i know it veers away from being Thai) just to add color :)