Oriental Mince
 
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This is a quick and easy bowl food dinner and a different way to cook mince or Quorn. By marinating the mince for a few minutes or leaving it in the fridge overnight makes a great make-ahead meal and one everyone will enjoy.
Marissa:
Recipe type: Mains
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • •250g beef, lamb, chicken, turkey or pork or Quorn mince
  • •60ml soy sauce
  • •1 tablespoon sugar (palm or brown sugar)
  • •1 spring onion
  • •1 teaspoons sesame oil
  • •1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • •2 tablespoons olive oil
  • •2cm pieces of fresh ginger grated finely
  • •steamed tender stem broccoli or vegetables of your choice
  • •cooked rice for long grain rice to feed 4 people
  • •Optional Garnish:
  • •a handful of chopped coriander
  • •the greens of the spring onions
  • ½ lemon or lime
Method
  1. In a bowl large enough to marinate the mince, mix together the soya sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and the spring onion.
  2. Add the mince to the marinade and using a fork mix the sauce into the mince.
  3. In a large frying pan add the olive oil and once heated add the mince.
  4. Try not to crowd the pan you want the mince to brown evenly.
  5. Separate the mince with a fork as it is cooking.
  6. Cook until the mince has browned this will take about 10-30 minutes depending on the fat content of the mince.
  7. Serve the mince in individual bowls, over a bed of rice and vegetables of your choice and an optional squeeze of lemon or lime.
  8. Enjoy.
Tips
Summer Option:
Use the mince to fill lettuce cups. It is fresh delicious and a great summer meal option in the heat.
Recipe by Marissa's Recipes & Ideas at https://www.marissa.co/chinese-style-mince/