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Stir-fried beef with cucumber
Don’t just save cucumber for salads. Tossed into stir-fries, cucumbers keep their crunch and bring fresh and juicy flavours to the pan. This 10-minute recipe will become a weeknight family favourite
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Ready in 20 minutes
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Cooking time 10 minutes
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Prep time 10 minutes
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Serves 4
Two of your 5 a day
Ingredients
- 525g steaks, cut into thin strips
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tsp rapeseed oil
- 1 red chilli, thinly sliced
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 1 large cucumber, halved, cored and cut into chunky slices
- 300g pak choi, roughly chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 10g coriander, roughly chopped
- 200g white basmati rice
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Method
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Put the strips of steak in a bowl. Mix together the garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce and mirin and pour over the beef. Leave to marinate in the fridge for a minimum of half an hour.
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2
Add the rapeseed oil to a wok or large frying pan and heat over a medium high heat. Add the beef and fry for 2 minutes, tossing frequently, before adding the chilli, spring onions, cucumber and pak choi. Continue to stir-fry for a further 3 minutes. Squeeze over the juice of 1 lime and toss through the fresh coriander.
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3
Meanwhile, cook the rice according to the instructions on the packet. Divide between 4 bowls, then top with the beef. Scatter over the sesame seeds.
