Dinner recipe
Sticky caramel turkey mince with green beans, jasmine rice, crunchy vegetables, lime, and coriander for a fast family dinner.
Shop Sorted can help flag food rules, but it cannot guarantee that a meal or product is allergen-free or suitable for your needs. Always check retailer labels, product packaging, ingredients and substitution notices before buying, cooking or eating.
Recipe times, servings, calories and nutrition notes are estimates for planning. They are not medical or dietary advice. Check food is cooked safely and adjust recipes for your household's needs.
Image: Shop Sorted generated asset
Ingredients
large non-stick frying pan, saucepan, sieve, knife, chopping board, grater, small bowl
Method
Rinse the jasmine rice in a sieve until the water runs mostly clear. Trim the green beans and cut them into thirds. Coarsely grate the carrots, halve and slice the cucumber, finely slice the spring onions, then keep the green tops separate. Grate the garlic and ginger. Mix the fish sauce, soy sauce, lime juice, and 3 tablespoons water in a small bowl. Hold back extra salt and black pepper until the final taste check.
Keeping the cucumber and spring onion greens raw gives the bowls freshness against the sticky mince.
Put the rinsed rice in a saucepan with 450ml water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer, cover with a lid, then cook over a low heat for 10 to 12 minutes until the water is absorbed. Turn off the heat and leave covered for 5 minutes.
Heat half the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the green beans with a pinch of salt and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, tossing often, until bright green, lightly blistered, and just tender. Lift them onto a plate.
Add the remaining oil to the pan, then add the turkey mince. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon, until no pink patches remain. Press the mince into the pan for the final 2 minutes so some edges turn golden.
Lower the heat to medium. Add the garlic, ginger, and white spring onion slices to the turkey for 1 minute until fragrant. Sprinkle in the brown sugar, stir for 30 seconds, then pour in the fish-sauce mixture. Bubble for 3 to 4 minutes until glossy and sticky, then return the green beans for 1 minute to coat.
Let the sauce bubble until it clings to the mince; if it looks dry too quickly, add a splash of water.
Fluff the rice and divide it between shallow bowls. Spoon over the caramel turkey and green beans, then add cucumber, carrot, spring onion greens, and coriander. Cut the lime into wedges and serve them at the table for squeezing over. Taste once everything is assembled, then add a little salt and black pepper only if needed.
