This warming broth with beef and ginger is a great filling soup for a day when you need extra energy or a healthy dinner recipe. This dish inspired by the Asian cuisine includes thai fish sauce, mushrooms and fresh egg noodles and lime juice which gives it a fresh taste. The red chillies and wakame seaweed flakes give the broth some extra pep. With only 15 minutes of cooking time, you making this broth is very easy and quick, too.
This recipe makes enough soup for two people to enjoy. Looking for more cooking inspiration? Check out our other delicious soup recipes.
Ingredients
- 500ml (18fl oz) beef stock
- 5cm (2in) fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 0.25 tsp Very Lazy Red Chillies (English Provender Co)
- 1tbsp soy sauce
- 1tsp Thai fish sauce
- 1tsp vegetable oil
- 150 to 200g (5 to 7oz) fillet steak, cut into strips
- 85g (3.5oz) frozen soya beans, thawed
- 1⁄2 red pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
- 50g (2oz) mangetout, sliced
- 65g (2.5oz) chestnut mushrooms, sliced
- 150g (5oz) fresh egg noodles
- 1tbsp instant wakame flakes
- juice 1 lime
- 1tbsp coriander leaves, roughly chopped
Method
- Place the stock, ginger, garlic, chilli, soy sauce and fish sauce in a saucepan and heat to boiling point.
- Heat the oil until very hot and sear the strips of beef until browned. Remove to a plate.
- Add the soya beans, red pepper, mangetout and chestnut mushrooms to the stock and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the noodles, beef and wakame flakes and heat through. Season. Add the lime juice and sprinkle with coriander. Serve.
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