Eggroll in a Bowl Non-Recipe

You probably clicked on this post wondering what a non-recipe is. It's a general guideline for a dish without the fine details. It's the way I usually cook: Skim a recipe and then loosely follow it. I don't know why I'm this way. Maybe it's laziness or I don't like measuring. It could be that I don't have or care for a certain ingredient. 

Anyway, today's non-recipe may be low in carbs but it's high in yumminess. I love eggrolls but deep fried isn't a great everyday choice so don't eat them very much. But with this non-recipe, I can have the flavors of an eggroll without the grease. Mmm.

Ingredients

• 1 lb (or so) ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, whatever)
• 1 bag of coleslaw mix (I've used the one from Target, which goes well with 1lb of meat but the giant bag from Sam's Club is probably the best value but you'll need at least 2lbs of meat for a good veggie : meat ratio)
• flavorful sauces (I usually add shoyu aka soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and patis aka fish sauce)
• optional add ins (onions, garlic, additional veggies, bean sprouts, mayo, sweet chili sauce, red chili flakes)
• cooking oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

If you have onions, chop/slice/dice them and sauté in a pan with cooking oil. When the onions are cooked to your liking, add sliced/minced garlic and cook for a minute or so. Add the meat and cook until brown. If you're using a higher fat meat, you can drain the oil before adding the coleslaw mix. You can add any additional veggies now, too.

Next, add your sauces. I pour the shoyu around the pan a couple of times, then add a couple of pats of oyster sauce, just a tiny bit of sesame oil, and few squirts of patis. Cook until the coleslaw is a texture you like and add salt and pepper to taste (The patis replaces the salt so you might just need pepper).

Serve on rice or yakisoba or by itself. I like to drizzle Kewpie mayo and sweet chili sauce on top for added flavor. Since my husband likes a kick to his food, I sprinkle red chili flakes. Enjoy!

Here's my eggroll in a bowl on yakisoba and drizzled with Kewpie mayo and sweet chili sauce. YUM!