Description
Spicy Chinese pasta with beef and pepper delights taste buds with bold flavors and tender meat. Succulent strips of beef and crisp peppers dance together, creating a quick, satisfying meal that brings Asian-inspired comfort to your dinner table.
Ingredients
Scale
Protein Base:
- 300 grams (10.5 ounces) ground beef
- 35 finely chopped garlic cloves
Vegetables:
- 2 finely chopped bell peppers
Cooking Ingredients and Carbohydrates:
- 100 grams (3.5 ounces) pasta
- 5 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce (non-alcoholic alternative, e.g., naturally brewed or tamarind-based)
Instructions
- Warm oil in a saucepan over medium heat (350°F). Sauté minced garlic until it turns a delicate golden hue, carefully monitoring to prevent burning. Extract the garlic, reserving the aromatic oil for subsequent cooking stages.
- Introduce ground beef into the garlic-infused oil. Sear the meat at medium heat until it develops a rich, caramelized exterior and starts crackling. Drizzle soy sauce over the beef, thoroughly integrating the flavors and allowing them to meld for several seconds.
- Incorporate chopped bell peppers and previously fried garlic into the beef mixture. Blend ingredients thoroughly. Secure the pan with a lid and simmer for approximately 10 minutes, ensuring peppers become tender. Add a splash of water if the mixture appears dry.
- Simultaneously, prepare pasta in salted water, cooking until it reaches approximately 80% doneness, maintaining a slight firmness to withstand further cooking.
- Reactivate heat under the beef mixture. Fold in the partially cooked pasta along with a few tablespoons of pasta water. Continue cooking until pasta absorbs the robust flavors and reaches complete tenderness. Adjust liquid as needed to create a harmonious sauce consistency.
Notes
- Keep a close watch during garlic frying to prevent burning, as it quickly turns from golden to charred.
- Removing fried garlic and keeping the infused oil adds deep, rich flavor to the entire dish without overwhelming garlic bitterness.
- Allow ground beef to develop a golden color and sizzle before adding soy sauce, which helps create deeper umami taste and caramelization.
- Reserved pasta water contains starch that helps create a silky sauce and helps ingredients bind together perfectly.
- Replace beef with firm tofu or plant-based ground meat alternative for a meat-free version that maintains similar texture and protein content.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 780
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 45 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 30 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 60 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg