Name: Thai rice noodle salad
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: ½ a pack fine vermicelli rice noodles; 200g bag beansprouts; zest and juice 2 limes; 2-3 tbsp fish or soy sauce to taste; 1 tsp muscovado sugar or soft brown sugar; 1 red onion halved and thinly sliced; 2 Little Gem lettuce hearts, leaves separated and roughly torn; 500g minced pork; small knob grated ginger; pinch cayenne pepper; 1 tsp sunflower oil; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 tsp oil; 4 x sirloin steaks; 1 deseeded and shredded red chilli

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Thai rice noodle salad

Thai rice noodle salad

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 12 mins

Cook: 10 mins

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This salad is full of flavour and is healthy too, as it's served with an oil-free dressing

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Ingredients

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½ a pack fine vermicelli rice noodles
200g bag beansprouts
zest and juice 2 limes
2-3 tbsp fish or soy sauce

to taste
1 tsp muscovado sugar

or soft brown sugar
1 red onion

halved and thinly sliced
2 Little Gem lettuce

hearts, leaves separated and roughly torn

To make with mince

500g minced pork
small knob grated ginger
pinch cayenne pepper

To make with steak

1 tsp sunflower oil
2 tbsp sesame

seeds
1 tsp oil
4 x sirloin steaks
1 deseeded and shredded red chilli

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Nutrition: per serving (without meat)

kcal153
fat1g
saturates0g
carbs34g
sugars5g
fibre2g
protein5g
salt1.49g

low

Method

step 1

Place the noodles and beansprouts in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 4 mins, or until the noodles are tender. Drain, then cool under cold running water and drain again. Return to the bowl.
step 2

Stir together the lime zest and juice, fish or soy sauce and sugar. Stir into the noodles with the red onion and lettuce.
step 3

To make with mince, heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan and stir-fry 500g minced pork, a small knob of grated ginger and pinch cayenne pepper or chilli powder for 10 mins, until the mince is browned and cooked through. Mix into the noodles, divide between four bowls and serve warm.
step 4

To make with steak, make the rice noodle salad. Heat 1 tsp sunflower oil in a frying pan. Tip 2 tbsp sesame seeds onto a plate. Rub 1 tsp oil into 4 x 175g sirloin steaks and press into sesame seeds. Fry for 5 mins for medium rare, turning halfway. Leave to rest for 5 mins, then thinly slice. Toss 1 deseeded and shredded red chilli, and a handful mint leaves into noodles. Top with steak to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2006

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