Thai Beef Laab & Veggie Lettuce Cups with Sesame Rice

Thai Beef Laab & Veggie Lettuce Cups with Sesame Rice

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Ready in 20 (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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Lettuce cups are fun! But if you’d prefer, chop the lettuce and serve on a plate with all remaining toppings as a salad.

Ingredients

Sesame Rice

  • 1 pack Japanese brown rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 1-2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Veggie Lettuce Cups

  • 1 baby cos lettuce
  • ½ telegraph cucumber
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 sachet Thai dressing

Thai Beef Laab

  • 1 pack beef mince
  • 1 pottle garlic and ginger paste
  • 1 pottle lemongrass, makrut lime paste
  • Pinch of chilli flakes, chilli powder or cayenne powder (optional)
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 3-4 teaspoons brown sugar

To Serve

  • 1 sachet peanuts

Steps

  1. Combine all sesame rice ingredients in a medium pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  2. While rice cooks, prepare vegetables. Separate lettuce leaves; cut cucumber in half lengthways, scoop out seeds then thinly slice; grate carrot; thinly slice red onion. Place all in a medium bowl, along with Thai dressing.
  3. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan or wok (preferably non-stick) on medium-high heat. Cook beef mince, garlic and ginger paste, lemongrass makrut lime paste, a pinch of salt and chilli/cayenne (if using) for 4-5 minutes, until cooked through and any liquid has evaporated. Break up beef mince with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
  4. Add soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar to pan and cook for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Remove from heat.
  5. To serve, fill lettuce leaves with ¾ cup sesame rice per person and top with Thai beef laab, vegetables, and a sprinkle of peanuts.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2191 kj
524 kcal
Protein 24.2g
Carbohydrate 47.0g
Fat 26.7g