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Chinese beef noodles
Introduce little ones to something different with this Chinese dish – they can even get involved with helping to make it
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Ready in 15 minutes
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Cooking time 10 minutes
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Prep time 5 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp clear honey
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 120g hoisin and garlic stir-fry sauce
- Zest of 1 lime, plus 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 400g extra-lean beef stir fry, or sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
- 1 small bunch of spring onions, washed and sliced lengthways into thin strips
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
- 50g unsalted cashew nuts
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and chopped
- 300g ready-cooked rice noodles
Method
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CHILDREN: Put the honey, soy sauce, hoisin and garlic sauce, lime zest and juice into a large bowl and mix together. Set aside.
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Heat half the oil in a large pan or wok. Add the beef and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until browned. Remove from the pan and transfer to the bowl with the sauce. Discard any juices left in the pan and wipe it clean with kitchen towel.
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Heat the remaining oil in the same pan, then add half the spring onion and the chilli. Stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the cashew nuts and peppers and cook for a further 3 minutes.
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4
Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet. Tip the beef and sauce into the pan with the pepper mixture and heat gently for 1 minute. Serve with the rice noodles and garnish with the remaining spring onion.
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