SPICY BEEF MINCE STIR FRY WITH EGGPLANT AND MUSHROOMS

This spicy beef mince stir fry with eggplant and mushrooms is perfect for a quick meal! Serve with rice, noodles or zoodles, add more vegetables or top with a fried egg – it is endlessly customisable.

I wish I could give this recipe an official name but it’s kinda sorta totally made up! I am sure I have taken influences from a bunch of other recipes and perhaps there’s something that it closely resembles… But for now, I shall call this my ‘spicy beef mince stir fry’ and I hope you will like it as much as I do.

The recipe has evolved over time but it came into existence one lunchtime when I was very hungry and couldn’t find anything to make a meal out of. A dive into the depths of my freezer revealed that I had frozen lean mince and frozen chopped onions.

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp brown or palm sugar
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp ginger paste or minced fresh ginger
• 1 tsp chilli paste or 1 diced red chilli
• 1-3 tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 450 g | 1lb frozen lean mince
• 1 large onion finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 medium eggplant /aubergine cut into small cubes
• 300 g | 10 1/2oz chestnut mushrooms sliced
• 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
• Chiu Chow chilli oil to taste
• Chopped chives to garnish
• Sprouted seeds to garnish optional

Instructions

• Combine the soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, ginger and chilli paste (or fresh minced ginger and finely diced chilli) in a small bowl.
• Heat 1 tbsp of toasted sesame oil in a large frying pan or wok. Fry the onion for 5 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic and fry for a minute more.
• Add the frozen mince, stirring until it breaks down and starts to brown.
• Add the eggplant and mushrooms and cook over high heat for 5 minutes, adding more oil if needed.
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