Monday, 6 October 2014

12 minute stir-fried noodles with steak!

I thought up this recipe on a lazy Saturday night due to the ingredients available. It's quick, simple and delicious!

Ingredients:
·         Noodles (any type, although I prefer the medium egg noodles)
·         Beef steak
·         Onions (some sliced long and thin, and some diced)
·         Broccoli
·         Peppers
·         Garlic
·         Ginger
·         Soy sauce
·         White table vinegar
·         Chiu Chow Chilli Oil by Lee Kum Kee
·         Sesame oil

To get this recipe down in 12 minutes, you will need to cook things simultaneously.

Method:

Firstly, boil some water in the kettle and then move to a saucepan and boil the noodles. Whilst you do this, place a griddle pan on the hob on medium-high heat. As soon as it has reached the desired temperature, place the steak on and cook. Ideally you want the steak to be medium rare, although it all depends on your preference. Keep turning the steak every minute to ensure an even cook.
Chop the onions, peppers, broccoli and keep to one side ready to cook. 

Grind the ginger and garlic and set aside. Once all veggies are ready, place a wok on the hob to medium high heat. With a little vegetable/sunflower oil, lightly brown the onions. Add in the peppers and stir fry for a min. Add in the broccoli and stir fry for a couple mins. Finally add in the ginger and garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds. Turn the heat down to low, and now add in the noodles. Drizzle in a small amount of soy sauce to the veggies and noodles. Stir fry for a min and take it off the heat.




After steak has cooked and rested, slice it into thin(ish) 1-1.5 cm slices. In a separate bowl, pour in 35ml of soy sauce, a capful of white table vinegar, and some of the diced onions. Add in a dash of water and mix well. This soy onion mix is a sort of garnish over the noodles and steak. Drizzle the noodles and steak with sesame oil. The nutty flavour of the sesame oil will very much enhance the flavour of the steak. The Chilli oil is the joker card here and adds all the incredible flavour in this dish.

Mix as below and enjoy!



I may have lied about the time it takes to cook this meal! It's probably going to take 20 mins or so, however, if anyone is able to make it in 12 mins or less, I'd love to hear about it!