Thai Beef with Herbs
Servings: 3 servings
This Thai Beef with Herbs recipe gets its bright Thai flavors from a squeeze of lime and a handful of fresh herbs. This is one of my favorite quick and easy dinners. It is a mixture of Thai flavors and has added brightness from a squeeze of lime and a handful of fresh herbs. It comes together quickly and saves well as leftovers, just make sure to save the chopped herbs in a separate container, so they do not wilt when you reheat the beef.
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium bell pepper (yellow, red or orange preferred), diced
- 3 medium cloves garlic minced
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 lb ground beef (~85% lean)
- 1½ tbsp fish sauce (I particularly like Red Boat, but any Thai fish sauce would work well.)
- ¼ cup Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1 tbsp Sriracha
- 2 medium limes
- 2 scallions chopped
- 2 tsp Thai basil leaves chopped
- 2 tsp cilantro leaves chopped
- 2 tsp mint leaves chopped
Instructions
- Warm a large frying pan over medium to low heat. Add the vegetable oil and diced bell pepper. Cook 2-3 minutes until peppers are just starting to soften. Add garlic and salt. Cook the vegetables an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Add the ground beef. Cook the beef and vegetable mixture breaking up the beef until the ground beef is fully browned.
- Meanwhile, combine the fish sauce, sweet chili sauce, Sriracha, and the juice of 1½ limes in a small bowl. Once the ground beef is fully browned, mix in the sauce with the beef and cook while stirring for about a minute until the sauce is warm and evenly distributed.
- Serve beef topped with scallions, basil, cilantro, and mint.
