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Udon Noodles With Spiced Beef And Mint

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

20 g Basmati rice; (3/4oz)
2 tb Sesame oil
200 g Beef fillet or kangaroo; cut
-into thin
; strips (7oz)
1 Red chilli; finely sliced
1 200 gram pac udon noodles
3 Spring onions; very fine
-julienne
50 g Sugar snaps; (2oz)
15 g Fresh coriander; stalks
-removed (
; 1/2oz)
4 Limes; juice only
2 tb Demerara sugar
1/2 tb Fish sauce
1/2 tb Soy sauce
1 15 g pack fresh mint; stalks
-removed

Preheat the oven to 190 C, 375 F, Gas Mark 5.

Place the rice on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes until golden. Allow
to cool.

Grind in a coffee grinder or food processor for 15-20 seconds

Heat 1 tablespoon of the sesame oil in a wok or large frying pan over a
moderate heat and stir-fry the beef for 2-3 minutes. Add the chilli and
cook for a further minute.

Cook the noodles according to pack instructions. Cool and dress with the
remaining sesame oil, then add the spring onions, sugar snaps and
coriander.

In a bowl, mix the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce and soy sauce and whisk
until the sugar dissolves.

To assemble, toss the beef into the dressing, add the ground roasted rice
and mint and mix with the noodles. Arrange in mounds on the plates.

See also:
Previous recipe Udon Noodles With Lemon Grass Clam Broth
Next recipe Udon With Chicken And Scallions (tori Nanba Udon)

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