Thai beef noodles with fresh mint
5
- Prep Time15 mins
- Total Time20 mins
- Makes4 servings
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Next time the noodle urge hits you, turn a mundane steak into an authentic Asian toss. Noodles instantly soak up the dressing, so they're flavour-packed from the start.
Ingredients
1 lime
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp dark sesame oil
4 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp hot chili-garlic sauce
41643 thin rice vermicelli noodles
375-g top sirloin grilling steak
1 pinch of salt and pepper
1 large carrot
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint or cilantro
Instructions
Squeeze no more than 2 tbsp (30 mL) lime juice into a small bowl. Stir in sugar, sesame oil, fish sauce and chili-garlic sauce until sugar is dissolved. Coarsely break noodles into a large bowl. Cover with boiling water and stir. Let stand, stirring a couple of times until tender, about 5 min. Drain well and return to bowl. Toss with half the dressing.
Coat a large frying pan with oil and set over high heat. Add steak and cook until it gives slight resistance when pressed, 2 to 3 min per side for rare. Sprinkle both sides of steak with salt and pepper and let stand 5 min. Meanwhile, using large holes on a box grater, grate carrot into noodles. When steak has rested, thinly slice and toss with noodles, remaining dressing and mint.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 291, Protein 19g, Carbohydrates 34g, Fat 8g, Fibre 2g, Sodium 548mg.