Dinner Recipe of the Week: Thai-Style Ground Beef

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 1 cup thinly sliced leek
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 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.
3. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute.
4. Add beef; cook 7 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble.
5. Stir in curry paste and tomato sauce; cook until half of liquid evaporates (about 2 minutes).
6. Add milk and next 4 ingredients (through fish sauce); cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
7. Serve with the rice.

Source: food.com