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Speedy beef & cumin noodles with cucumber pickle
Beef, spice and all things nice – this quick and easy noodle bowl has it all! Beef mince stir-fries with onions and pak choi, while cucumber chunks speed-pickle in a coriander dressing. A dash of tamari, cumin, chilli, ginger and garlic join the super-savoury sauce, ready for quick-cook noodles to soak up the flavours.
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 5
quick cook
Serving size
Ingredients
- 150g brown rice noodles (Brown rice flour (83.5%), water)
- 1 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 2 onion
- 1 pak choi
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 midi cucumber
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Wine vinegar (Sulphites), cooked grape must (27%))
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 1 tbsp vegan oyster sauce (Wheat, Soya) (Soy Sauce (Water, SOYA Beans, WHEAT, Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract, Salt), Cornflour, Shiitake Mushroom Powder, Citric Acid.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 520
Protein: 37g
Carbs: 74g
Fat: 8.9g
Ingredients
- 300g brown rice noodles (Brown rice flour (83.5%), water)
- 3 onion
- 2 pak choi
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Wine vinegar (Sulphites), cooked grape must (27%))
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 8 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 2 tbsp vegan oyster sauce (Wheat, Soya) (Soy Sauce (Water, SOYA Beans, WHEAT, Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract, Salt), Cornflour, Shiitake Mushroom Powder, Citric Acid.)
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
Nutritional Information
Calories: 508
Protein: 37g
Carbs: 70g
Fat: 8.7g
Speedy beef & cumin noodles with cucumber pickle
Beef, spice and all things nice – this quick and easy noodle bowl has it all! Beef mince stir-fries with onions and pak choi, while cucumber chunks speed-pickle in a coriander dressing. A dash of tamari, cumin, chilli, ginger and garlic join the super-savoury sauce, ready for quick-cook noodles to soak up the flavours.
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
Chinese
Food group:
Beef
Allergens: Soya, Sulphites, Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1x non-stick frying pan
- 1x mixing bowl
- 1x saucepan
Peel, slice & chop
- Peel and thinly slice the onions, then trim the pak choi and cut into bite-size pieces. Finely chop the coriander.
Create a stir!
- Spritz a non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry three-quarters of the onions and the pak choi with the mince for 5-7 mins, until well browned.
Make your relish
- Meanwhile, cut the cucumber into 2cm chunks.
- In a bowl, combine the cucumber with the remaining onion, half the chopped coriander, half the tamari and half the vinegar. Set aside to marinate.
Spice things up
- Add the remaining tamari and vinegar to the frying pan, then stir in the chilli flakes (to taste), cumin, garlic & ginger paste and oyster sauce.
- Fry for 1 min, then pour in 150ml water (200ml for 4 portions) and simmer for 3-4 mins, until the mince is cooked through.
Bring everything together
- At the same time, cook the noodles in boiling water for 3-4 mins. Drain, then rinse.
- Stir the noodles and the remaining coriander into the frying pan, then scatter over the relish and serve.