Coriander & Basil Thai Mince

This is a Thai inspired dish that I make often at home because I can whip it together in about 10 or 15 minutes. I serve the mince on cauliflower rice or on a bed of shredded cabbage. I love Thai flavors, sweet, spicy and savory all at once. To create Thai inspired dishes you need a few key ingredients – fresh basil, coriander, chilli, ginger fish sauce, lime & honey. Traditionally in Thai cooking palm sugar is used, however I substitute palm sugar with honey.

This recipe will serve four but if you don’t eat all of it, it is even better the next day!

INGREDIENTS

500 grams of ground beef
1/2 red capsicum (pepper)
1 garlic clove
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 cup chopped coriander
1 cup basil leaves
3 birds eye chilli’s
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 lime (juice)
1 tablespoon coconut oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat a large pan or wok on the stove with the coconut oil
2. Thinly slice the capsicum & finely chop the chilli, set aside
3. Once the pan is hot, place the beef, crushed garlic & grated ginger in the pan
4. Stir-fry the mince & brown, if it is watery drain the water off so that it doesn’t boil rather than fry
5. Add the capsicum & the chilli to the pan & continue to brown
6. Once the mince is browned, add 1/2 cup of basil & 1/2 cup of coriander
7. Stir-fry for a couple of minutes, then add the fish sauce, honey & lime
8. Continue to stir-fry for another minute or so
9. Turn the heat off & mix through the remainder of the fresh herbs
10. Serve with a wedge of lime & a some fresh coriander
11. You can try this recipe with chicken or pork mince, or you can use these flavors in a stir-fry