USA · Meat Dishes
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.
Ingredients
- lean ground beef500 g
- jasmine rice200 g
- cottage cheese300 g
- honey4 tbsp
- red pepper flakes1 tsp
- apple cider vinegar1 tsp
- smoked paprika0.25 tsp
- garlic cloves3
- soy sauce2 tbsp
- olive oil1 tbsp
- cucumber1
- scallions4
- sesame seeds2 tbsp
- salt1 tsp
- black pepper0.5 tsp
Method
- 1Cook 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.
- 2Make 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.
- 3Heat 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).
- 4Add 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.
- 5Slice cucumber into thin rounds. Slice green onions on the diagonal.
- 6Divide 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.