5 Spiced Vegetarian Mince Protein Bowl

Need a delicious high protein dinner that’s ready in under 20 minutes?

If you love the taste of classic Chinese 5 Spice, then this veggie version of a crispy beef mince will totally help you hit your protein goals. With over 23g of protein per serve, it’s perfect for dinner, lunch and is THE best meal prep recipe you’ll make this week.

This Crispy 5-Spiced Vegetarian Mince Protein Bowl is so easy to prepare, yet fresh and flavour packed!

Serves 4

20 mins

Easy

361 cals
(Per serving)

10.6g of fat
(Per serving)

12.1 g fibre
(Per serving)

23.6 g protein
(Per serving)

Ingredients

  • For the 5 spiced Quorn Mince:

  • 300g frozen Quorn Mince

  • 4 spring onions, chopped

  • 1 red pepper, sliced

  • 1 carrot, sliced into matchsticks

  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped

  • 2 tbsp low salt soy sauce

  • 2 tbsp honey

  • 1 tbsp tomato puree

  • 1 tsp Chinese 5-spice

  • For the picked vegetable salad:

  • 100g radishes, thinly sliced

  • 4 baby cucumbers

  • 1 tbsp. red wine vinegar

  • 1 lime, juice only

  • ½ tbsp mixed seeds

  • For the whipped cottage cheese:

  • 200g high protein cottage cheese

  • 2 spring onions, chopped

  • To serve:

  • 250g cooked red & white quinoa

  • 1 baby avocado, quartered and sliced

  • Coriander leaves

  • Lime wedges

  • Extra mixed seeds (optional)

Method

For the Quorn Mince:

  1. Add the Quorn Mince to a non-stick frying pan and dry fry for 2 minutes. Add the spring onions, pepper, carrot and garlic to the pan. Sauté for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
  2. Add the soy sauce, honey, tomato puree and Chinese 5-spice into a small bowl and mix with 100ml of water. Add to the pan, bring to a simmer and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, set aside and keep warm.

For the pickled vegetable salad:

  1. Using a vegetable peeler, peel thin ribbons of baby cucumber and add into the bowl with the radishes.
  2. Add the vinegar, lime juice and mixed seeds to the bowl, toss lightly to combine and set to one side.

For the whipped cottage cheese:

  1. Add the cottage cheese into a food processor and blitz until smooth. In a bowl, mix with the chopped spring onions.

To serve:

  1. Divide the Quorn Mince mix between 4 bowls with the pickled vegetable salad and quinoa. Top with the sliced avocado, a spoonful of whipped cottage cheese and garnish with coriander, lime wedges and extra seeds (optional).

Tip: Why not swap the quinoa for brown rice and the whipped cottage cheese for high protein yoghurt for a change?