A classic Chinese dish if ever there was one, this san choi bao is made with beef and smokey Chinese barbecue sauce. Low in fat and big in flavour, it’s always a favourite at dinner time.

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 500g lean beef mince
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
• 1 chilli, finely chopped (optional)
• 1 can water chestnuts, finely sliced
• 1 tbsp hoi sin sauce
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 2 cups cooked rice vermicelli (about 65g uncooked)
• 1 iceberg lettuce or 2 butter/green oak lettuce, washed and separated out into lettuce cups

Method

Heat oil in large wok or frying pan and add beef.

Brown beef and add garlic and ginger.

Cook a further minute before adding chilli, water chestnuts, hoisin sauce and soy sauce.

Cook for a minute or so before adding spring onion and rice vermicelli.

Stir through and serve in lettuce cups.

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• One pot beefy macaroni

Serving Suggestions

Note

• If you’ve got the time, remove the beef mince from the fridge 20 minutes before you cook it. It cooks quicker and more evenly if it’s at room temperature.
• 1369kj (326cal); 10.2g total fat (3.8g saturated fat)
• Recipe written by Jay Rogers for The Moodie Foodie.