Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We’ve got sweet, savoury, a hint of spiciness and load of umami flavour in this Vietnamese style Caramelized Minced Beef Rice Bowl. It’s simple comfort food with bags of flavour. 😋
A great 30 minute meal for your back pocket.
Ingredients
2 tbsp oil
500 g (1.1lbs) minced beef (10-15% fat)
3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
3 red or green Birds eye chillies finely sliced
2 tsp lemongrass paste
6 tbsp (1/3 cup) tightly packed light brown sugar
1.5 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp white pepper
5 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced (green and white bits)
Pickled onion and carrot
1 small red onion peeled and finely sliced
1 large carrot peeled and sliced into very thin strips
3 tbsp cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
½ tsp sugar
To Serve:
840 g (4 cups) boiled rice
4 baby cucumbers or half a regular cucumber, chopped into small pieces
8 cherry tomatoes quartered
1 tbsp mixed black and white sesame seeds
Instructions
✅Start with the pickled onion and carrot. Place the onion and carrot slices into a shallow bowl.
✅Drizzle over the vinegar and sugar. Toss together and put to one side.
✅Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
✅Add the minced beef and fry for 5-6 minutes, breaking up and large pieces with a wooden spoon, until the beef is lightly browned.
✅Add the garlic, chillies and lemongrass paste and stir together.
✅Add the sugar and stir together. Fry for 4-5 minutes (still over a high heat), stirring often, until the beef starts to darken and caramelize.
✅Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, salt, white pepper and spring onions and stir and fry for a further minute, then turn off the heat.
✅Divide the rice between four bowls, then top with the caramelized beef. Arrange the pickled onion and carrot on top, along with the cucumber and tomatoes.
✅Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and serve.
We’ve got sweet, savoury, a hint of spiciness and load of umami flavour in this Vietnamese style Caramelized Minced Beef Rice Bowl. It’s simple comfort food with bags of flavour. 😋
A great 30 minute meal for your back pocket.
Ingredients
2 tbsp oil
500 g (1.1lbs) minced beef (10-15% fat)
3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
3 red or green Birds eye chillies finely sliced
2 tsp lemongrass paste
6 tbsp (1/3 cup) tightly packed light brown sugar
1.5 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp white pepper
5 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced (green and white bits)
Pickled onion and carrot
1 small red onion peeled and finely sliced
1 large carrot peeled and sliced into very thin strips
3 tbsp cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
½ tsp sugar
To Serve:
840 g (4 cups) boiled rice
4 baby cucumbers or half a regular cucumber, chopped into small pieces
8 cherry tomatoes quartered
1 tbsp mixed black and white sesame seeds
Instructions
✅Start with the pickled onion and carrot. Place the onion and carrot slices into a shallow bowl.
✅Drizzle over the vinegar and sugar. Toss together and put to one side.
✅Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
✅Add the minced beef and fry for 5-6 minutes, breaking up and large pieces with a wooden spoon, until the beef is lightly browned.
✅Add the garlic, chillies and lemongrass paste and stir together.
✅Add the sugar and stir together. Fry for 4-5 minutes (still over a high heat), stirring often, until the beef starts to darken and caramelize.
✅Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, salt, white pepper and spring onions and stir and fry for a further minute, then turn off the heat.
✅Divide the rice between four bowls, then top with the caramelized beef. Arrange the pickled onion and carrot on top, along with the cucumber and tomatoes.
✅Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and serve.
