Asian Beef and Noodle Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 150g (5oz) soba noodles
• 2½tbsp oil
• 500g (1lb 2oz) rump or sirloin steak, fat trimmed
• 1tsp Thai fish sauce
• 1tbsp soy sauce
• 1½tbsp mirin
• juice 2 limes
• 2tsp honey
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 1 red chilli and 2 garlic cloves
• 1 stick lemongrass
• 1 head Chinese leaf, chopped
• 2 small carrots, peeled into ribbons
• 5 spring onions, sliced
• ½ cucumber, peeled into ribbons
• 2tbsp coriander, roughly chopped
• 2tbsp mint, roughly chopped

Method

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the noodles and cook according to the pack instructions. Drain, rinse in cold water, toss in ½tbsp of the oil and set aside.

2. Heat 1tbsp of the oil in a heavy-based frying pan, add the steak and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and, when cool enough to handle, slice thinly and set aside. Mix the sauces, mirin, lime juice and honey; set aside.

3. Heat a heavy-based frying pan to medium, add the remaining oil, shallots, chilli, garlic and lemongrass, and cook, stirring often for 2 or 3 minutes, or until soft and lightly browned. Remove from the heat. Now, either in the pan or a large bowl, toss all the ingredients together in the chilli mixture and dressing, and serve.