I am a big fan of stir fry’s because you can add what you like, you want a veggie stir fry, no problem , you want a mixture of meats, again no problem, you want a mix of meat, veg and seafoods again no problem, stir fry’s are fast, versatile, tasty and a great way to use up the end bits of your bags of veg in the fridge before you bin them and really good to cook more than you need for lunch the following day, I make many different stir fry’s but this one is one of my all time favourites, it is a little sweet, a little spicy and has the distinct aromatic flavour of five spice.
Clare’s Chinese Beef and Noodles
Makes: 4 servings
Preparation Time: 15 minutes (allow extra for marinating meat)
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 400g Lean Beef (slice into 1cm thick strips)
- 400g Wholemeal Noodles
- 200g Green vegetables (I used Green beans and Sugarsnap peas but use any you like)
- 200g Button Mushrooms
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 cloves of crushed Garlic
- Thumb sized piece of grated Ginger
- 1 med red chilli, diced finely, leave in the seeds for added heat.
- 2tbs Chinese Five Spice powder
- 1tbs Cracked black pepper
- 2tbs cooking oil
- 2tbs light soya sauce
- 1tbs fish sauce
- 3tbs honey
PREPARATION
1/ Slice your beef and place in a bowel with marinade (mix 1/2 the oil, chilli, ginger, garlic, five spice, honey, soya sauce, fish sauce and black pepper for the marinade).
2/ While your beef marinades (if you can do this 1+ hours a head of time great, of not 15 minutes will do) Chop your vegetables to bite sizes pieces, dice the onions and slice your button mushrooms also get your pan of boiling water ready for the noodles and cook these as per packet instructions, once cooked, rinse under cold water and place to one side.
3/ Place 1tbs cooking oil into a wok or large frying pan, add the beef plus all the marinade, cook for 1-2 minutes, remove from the pan, add the onions, mushrooms, greens and stir fry for 3-4 minutes, add the beef and the noodles back to the pan and stir fry for another 1-2 minutes, serve and enjoy!
Top Tip: The cheaper the cut of the meat, the longer you should marinade as this will result in a tasty and tender piece of meat.
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