Beef stir-fry with ginger

Beef stir-fry with ginger

Try making this noodle dish to celebrate Chinese New Year

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Method

  1. Mix the beef and five-spice in a bowl, then set aside to marinate. Soften the noodles in boiling water following pack instructions, drain then set aside. Thinly slice the red chilli, leaving the seeds if you prefer a little extra heat. Mix with the garlic, ginger and lemongrass in a small bowl. Heat half the oil in a wok, add the chilli mixture and stir-fry for 1 min until softened but not coloured. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside while you cook the beef.
  2. Heat the remaining oil, add the beef and stir-fry over a high heat for 1 min until browned and just cooked through.
  3. Return the chilli mixture to the pan with the sugar snaps, baby corn and half the spring onions. Stir-fry for 1 min more before adding the drained noodles. Mix to thoroughly combine, take off the heat and add a squeeze of lime juice, the soy sauce and fish sauce.
  4. Divide between four plates. Scatter with the peanuts, garnish with remaining spring onions and chopped coriander.

PER SERVING

349 kcalories, protein 33.0g, carbohydrate 26.0g, fat 14.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 3.0g, salt 3.58 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2011.

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  • 19 January 2011

    AshleyManney commented on this recipe

    It would be nice if the recipes came with an ingredients list

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  • 19 January 2011

    AshleyManney commented on this recipe

    Oh nope, I am blind, disregard my last comment :p

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  • 23 January 2011

    Katie commented on this recipe

    I think there is an error in this recipe. It says '300g pack ready-cooked rice noodles' in the ingredients, but then then the method tells you to soak them. Why would you soak ready-cooked noodles? I suspect the ingredient should be 300g *dried* rice noodles (which also is more suitable quantity for 4). To make this for two of us I used 300g pre-cooked noodles, 300g beef and around 150g sugar snaps. I did not soak the noodles, I just stirred them straight into the wok. It was a very nice recipe, I was just irritated because it didn't seem like it had been checked properly.

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  • 28 January 2011

    SEW23 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Very easy to make and tasty. I cooked some dried noodles and added them once cooked as they were cheaper than the ready cooked ones. would cut the ginger small to ensure it mixes through the whole dish.

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  • 04 February 2011

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used fresh noodles, again didn't fry them, though found 150g enough for 2 with everything else. ANd I eat alot.

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  • 16 February 2011

    K8 GDY rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a really nice Chinese tasting meal that was relatively quick and easy to prepare - just a bit of chopping! I agree there seems to be an error with the noodles but I just used 300g pre-cooked medium egg noodles and they worked fine. I also didn't have any lemongrass or lime and it still tasted really authentic. Overall, a pretty good mid-week one bowl meal - give it a go if this is your bag!

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  • 28 February 2011

    Katielowe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Nice quick, tasty weekday tea. Used lemongrass from a jar.

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  • 08 January 2013

    bex606 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very good recipe, I left out the peanuts and fish sauce because of allergies and added extra soy sauce and lime and it was really tasty. I also used straight to wok noodles. Will make this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 500g beef rump, trimmed and cut into thin strips
  • 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 300g pack ready-cooked rice noodles
  • 1 large red chilli
  • 1 fat garlic clove , chopped
  • 4cm piece ginger , peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 1 stick lemongrass , trimmed and sliced
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 100g sugar snap peas , cut into thin strips
  • 8 baby corn , sliced diagonally
  • 6 spring onions , trimmed and sliced diagonally
  • ½ lime
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp roasted peanuts
  • roughly chopped coriander , to serve
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PER SERVING

349 kcalories, protein 33.0g, carbohydrate 26.0g, fat 14.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 3.0g, salt 3.58 g

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