Hot Honey Cottage Cheese Beef Bowl
Ground beef glazed in spicy-sweet hot honey, served over jasmine rice with a cold scoop of cottage cheese on top. The cottage cheese melts just enough from the heat of the beef to form a creamy layer. One pan. 25 minutes.
Ingredients
- 500 glean ground beef
- 200 gjasmine rice
- 300 gcottage cheese
- 4 tbsphoney
- 1 tspred pepper flakes
- 1 tspapple cider vinegar
- 0.25 tspsmoked paprika
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tbspsoy sauce
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 1 cucumber
- 4 scallions
- 2 tbspsesame seeds
- 1 tspsalt
- 0.5 tspblack pepper
Method
- Cook the jasmine rice: combine 200 g rice with 400 ml cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce to lowest heat, cover, cook 15 minutes. Leave covered 5 more minutes off heat.
- Make the hot honey: honey, red pepper flakes, apple cider vinegar, smoked paprika in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir 1 minute until fragrant. Remove immediately.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, break apart. Cook 7–8 minutes until browned. Drain excess fat. Season with salt (1 tsp) and black pepper (0.5 tsp).
- Add minced garlic and soy sauce to the beef. Cook 1 minute. Pour two-thirds of the hot honey over the meat, toss to coat. Remove from heat.
- Slice cucumber into thin rounds. Slice green onions on the diagonal.
- Divide rice between four bowls. Spoon hot honey beef over rice. Add cottage cheese to one side — do not stir. Arrange cucumber, scatter green onions and sesame seeds, drizzle remaining hot honey over the cottage cheese.
FAQ
Yes, ground chicken or diced breast both work. Chicken is milder so the hot honey comes through more — reduce honey by 1–2 tsp. Cooking time drops to 6–8 minutes.
When cottage cheese hits hot beef, the whey mixes with the glaze and forms a creamy layer. It adds 15g protein per serving and takes the edge off the chili heat. Use 4–5% fat.
4 tbsp honey, 1 tsp red pepper flakes, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, pinch of smoked paprika. Low heat, 1 minute. Remove immediately.
Yes — 150g fillet per person, brush with hot honey, bake at 200°C for 12–14 minutes. Rice, cottage cheese, cucumber stay the same. About 420–440 kcal per serving.
Store everything separately: beef+sauce, rice, cottage cheese, and vegetables each in their own container. Beef keeps 3 days. Add cottage cheese only when ready to eat.
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Приготовил. Попробовал. Очень понравилось!
Rest the beef for at least 5 minutes after cooking hot honey cottage cheese beef bowl. Cutting immediately lets all those precious juices run onto the board. A loose foil tent keeps it warm without steaming the crust.