Thai-Style Ground Beef

Ingredients

cooking spray

• 1 cup thinly sliced leek
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 lb lean ground beef (or veggie crumbles)
• 1 teaspoon red curry paste
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup light coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon grated lime rind
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon asian fish sauce
• 3 cups hot cooked short-grain white rice

Directions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add leek; sauté 5 minutes.

Add garlic; sauté 1 minute.

1. Add beef; cook 7 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble.
2. Stir in curry paste and tomato sauce; cook until half of liquid evaporates (about 2 minutes).
3. Add milk and next 4 ingredients (through fish sauce); cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
4. Serve with the rice.

Nutrition

Calories 425.4 Calories from Fat 106 25% Total Fat 11.8 g 18% Saturated Fat 4.7 g 23% Cholesterol 73.7 mg 24% Sodium 754.7 mg 31% Total Carbohydrate 50.5 g 16% Dietary Fiber 1.3 g 5% Sugars 7 g 28% Protein 27.4 g 54%