Stir Fry

Preparation

1. Cut the beef into thin strips, 5cm or so long

2. crush the garlic and chop the chilli and basil leaves
3. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and add the beef

4. Marinade for at least 15 Protokoll

5. Whilst the beef is marinading, chop the veg into thin 5cm long pieces
6. Heat some water in the medium pan
7. Heat the wok on a high heat and add the marinaded beef mixture

8. Cook for 2 Protokoll, until there are only a few hints of pink remaining on the beef

9. Remove the beef, leaving behind as much juice as possible
10. Add the noodles to the water in the medium pan, which should be nearly boiling

11. Add the veg to the wok with the juice left from the beef and stir for 2-3 mins

12. Once the noodles are cooked put the beef back into the wok with the veg
13. Strain the noodles and then cut across them in a + shape in the bottom of the strainer to shorten them a bit

14. Add the noodles to the wok with the beef and veg and stir in well

15. Turn off heat and serve. Add an extra splash of soy sauce if you want more flavour

Notes

• This recipe also works well with chicken or pork.
• If you want to save even more time, you can buy pre-cut "stir-fry vegetable" packs from your local supermarket.

Ingredients

• 400g lean beef
• 80g mangetout
• 4 sliced spring onions
• 80g bean sprouts
• 1 whole carrot, sliced
• 1 bell pepper, sliced
• 375g egg noodles
• For the marinade
• 1tbsp soy sauce
• 1tbsp fish sauce
• 1tbsp dry sherry
• 1tsp sesame oil
• 1tsp lemongrass
• 1tsp coriander, ground
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1tsp ground black pepper
• 1tbsp lime juice
• 1tsp hendersons relish
• 1 beef stock cube
• 6 basil leaves
• 1 hot fresh chilli

Equipment

• Bowl
• Chopping board
• Knife
• Wok or large frying pan
• Strainer or Sieve
• Medium pan

Nutritional Facts

• Serving size: 450.3G
• (28% / 35%)   Calories: 690kcal
• (65%)Total fat: 36G
• (70%)   Saturated fat: 14G
• (56%)   Unsaturated fat: 19.7G
•     Mono: 16G
•     Poly: 3.7G
• (47%)   Cholesterol: 142mg
•   Trans Fat: 0G
• (16%)Total carbohydrates: 49G
•   Starch: 0G
• (21%)   Sugars: 6.2G
•     Sucrose: 0.1G
•     Glucose: 0.1G
•     Maltose: 0.4G
•     Lactose: 0G
•     Fructose: 0G
•     Galactose: 0G
• (24%)   Fibre: 5.9G
• (86%)Protein: 43G
• Salts
• (78%)   Sodium: 1.6G
• (25%)   Potassium: 885mg