Asian Beef Bowls

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Tbsp hoisin sauce
• 3 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine (or mirin/dry sherry)
• 3 1/2 Tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar — staple
• 3/4 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp white pepper — staple
• 1 1/2 Tbsp oil — staple
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 800g lean beef mince
• 1/2 cup spring onions, sliced, plus extra to garnish
• Sesame seeds, to garnish
• Cooked rice, to serve — staple
• 2 heads bok choy, halved lengthways
• 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced

Method

1. Mix the hoisin, oyster sauce, cooking wine, dark soy, sugar, sesame oil and white pepper in a bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat. Add the garlic and onion and cook 1 minute until the onion starts browning.
3. Add the mince and cook, breaking it up as you go.
4. Once the beef has changed from red to brown, pour in the sauce. Cook 3-4 minutes until the sauce has reduced onto the beef and it's cooked through. Add a splash of water and keep cooking if you want it browned further.
5. Asian greens: in a second pan (or the wiped-out wok) heat a splash of oil, add the sliced garlic, then the broccoli florets and bok choy with 2 Tbsp water. Toss with a lid on 3-4 minutes until bright green and just tender.
6. Stir the spring onions through the beef, then serve over rice with the greens alongside, garnished with extra spring onion and sesame seeds.

Notes

- Protein-first portioning: meat set to 800g per 4 serves to land ~44g protein/serve (house rule). - Mince is up 60% on the source, so the sauce, oil, garlic and onion are scaled ~1.5x to match — at source quantities the sauce would not coat this much beef. - Lean mince is best here — drain excess fat before adding the sauce if using standard mince. - Hoisin and oyster sauce are interchangeable at a pinch: swap 1 Tbsp oyster for 3/4 Tbsp hoisin, or the reverse. - Steamed broccoli, bok choy or a handful of frozen peas stirred through at the end rounds it out. - Veg sweep: dish was light on veg, so the house Asian greens side (bok choy + broccoli, garlic pan-tossed) is now a required component (~180g veg/serve); calories +50 and protein +2 to match. Dark soy, garlic and onion lost their staple markers and gained search hints.