Crispy Thai Beef & Snow Peas

This is another 25-30 minute meal that is a winner in our house. This recipe serves 2-3 people, so you'll need to double it if you're cooking for a family of four with big appetites. Or if you want seconds and/or leftovers.

This recipe is great because everybody loves it, and it is easy to make at the end of a long day. It is an easy win!

Crispy Thai Beef & Snow Peas
served over gold turmeric rice
 
INGREDIENTS:

• 12 oz ground beef
• Beef Starter: 1/4 c onion, 1 Tbsp diced ginger
• Thai Sauce Starter: 2 Tbsp tamari, 1 1/2 Tbsp light brown sugar, 1 Tbsp fish sauce, 2 tsp red curry paste
• 1 lime
• 1 Cup snow peas
• 3/4 c jasmine rice
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 Tbsp cilantro

 
 
PREPARATION:
STEP 1:
In a pot that will hold 2 cups of rice, heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil over medium. Add the tumeric and the rice and toast for 2-3 minutes. Then add  1 ½ cups of water & a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Once it boils then reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and cook for  12–15 min.  

Step 2:
Trim snow peas and slice into 1–2" pieces. Put to the side.

Step 3:
In a large sauté pan, heat 1 Tbsp oil (2 Tbsp) over medium-high.
Pat ground beef dry, then add the beef to pan and flatten into an even layer, and cook for 4–5 min without stirring to crisp the bottom. Keeping beef in the pan, spoon out most of excess fat and discard.

Step 4:
Break beef up with a wooden spoon and add Beef Starter & the chopped snow peas, and cook for another 3–4 minutes until the peas are just tender.

Step 5:
Zest and juice lime(s), keeping them separate. Then chop the cilantro. 

Step 6:
Make the sauce by first removing the beef & peas from pan. Then reduce the heat to medium.
Then to that same pan, still on the heat, add the lime juice & Thai Sauce Starter. Stir it to combine while scraping up any browned bits in the pan for 1-2 minutes. 

Step 7:
Add lime zest to rice and fluff with fork.  

Step 8:
Scoop rice onto a plate, top with crispy beef & snow peas mixtures,  and drizzle with the sauce.
Garnish with cilantro.