Sesame Beef and Soy Bowl

Ingredients

Serves 2 people

• 1 pound lean ground beef

• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground ginger

• 4 green onions (thinly sliced)

• 1 carrot (freshly grated)

• 1 zucchini squash (spiralized)

• 1 cup uncooked jasmine rice

• 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce

• 3 tablespoons brown sugar

• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil

• 1 to 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (for topping)

• 1 cup steamed edemame

INSTRUCTIONS

• Cook the rice according to the package directions. You most likely will need 1 1/2 cups water along with a tablespoon of butter or olive oil. While the rice is cooking, make the beef.

• Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the ground beef. Break it apart with a wooden spoon until it's in small pieces and brown it until the fat is rendered and cooked out. Once browned, stir in the sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce and ginger. Reduce the heat to low and toss well, cooking for 5 minutes. Stir in the green onions. Spiralize a zucchini squash and quickly toss it in with the beef, just to cook it for a minute or two. Do not overcook. You want it slightly crunchy not mushy!

• Spoon the rice in bowls and top with the beef, edemame and zoodles. Grate a bit of carrot on top. Sprinkle on the sesame seeds.

• Serve Immediately!

UrbanCowgill

July 2022