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Holds heat like a furnace — gives beef & potatoes that insane caramelized sear you see in the video
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View on Amazon🛒 Ingredients
- 300g beef sirloin or flank steak, sliced thin — freeze 15 min first 🔪 best slicing knife ↗
- 2 tbsp honey —
- 1–2 tsp chili flakes
- 2 tbsp soy sauce —
- 1 tbsp sesame oil —
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup cooked jasmine or brown rice 🍚 never-fail rice cooker ↗
- 1 cup edamame (shelled)
- 1 cup shredded purple cabbage
- 1 large carrot, julienned 🥕 $10 julienne peeler ↗
- 1 avocado, sliced · sesame seeds · green onion
👨🍳 Instructions
- Make the hot honey glaze: Whisk together honey, chili flakes, soy sauce, sesame oil, and garlic. Taste and adjust heat. Set aside.
- Sear the beef: Heat your 🔍 Search on Amazon over high heat until smoking. Add oil, sear beef in a single layer 2 min without touching. Flip, 1 more minute.
- Glaze it: Pour hot honey mixture into pan. Toss over high heat 60 seconds until beef is coated and glaze caramelizes. Remove immediately.
- Build your bowl: Rice base, zone the veg and avocado around the bowl, glazed beef in the center. 🔍 Search on Amazon make this look 10× better on camera.
- Finish & serve: Drizzle remaining glaze, sesame seeds, green onion, and a pinch of 🔍 Search on Amazon right before filming.
🌟 Pro Tips to Make It Viral
- ❄️ Freeze beef 15 min before slicing for paper-thin cuts. A 🔍 Search on Amazon makes it effortless.
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- 📸 For the shot: Zone ingredients separately, drizzle right before filming. An 🔍 Search on Amazon makes this hands-free.
- 🥚 Add a soft-boiled egg for protein and visual depth. An 🔍 Search on Amazon gives perfect jammy yolks every time.
The crust that goes viral
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