Beef and glass noodle stir fry

This stir fry is a quick and tasty meal you can get on the table in under half an hour. The glass noodles are softened in boiling water for five minutes before being added to the beef and vegetables in the wok - a great alternative to boiled rice.

Ingredients

  • 200g glass noodles

  • 2 tsp peanut oil

  • 2 tsp ginger

    finely grated

  • 2 cloves garlic

    minced

  • ¼ cup soy sauce

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

  • 1 tsp caster sugar

  • 1/2 green pepper

    thinly sliced

  • 1/2 red pepper

    thinly sliced

  • 150g shitake oysters

    sliced

  • 1 choy sum

    washed and trimmed

  • 1 large carrot

    peeled and cut into batons

  • 1 white onion

    cut into thin wedges

  • 500g rump steak

    thinly sliced across the grain

Equipment

  • 1 heatproof bowl
  • 1 small bowl
  • 1 wok

Instructions

  1. Place the glass noodles in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Give the noodles a stir to ensure they are all submerged. Allow the noodles to soften for 5 minutes and then drain off the water. Cover the noodles.
  2. Combine the soy sauce, lemon juice and sugar in a small bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. Set side.
  3. Heat a wok on high and add half the peanut oil. Once it starts smoking, add the beef strips turn constantly until browned – you may want to do this in two batches. Remove the beef from the wok.
  4. Add the rest of the oil to the wok and once hot, add the onion, garlic and ginger. Stir for two minutes and then add the beef back into the wok. Cook for another two minutes before adding the vegetables and the sauce. Toss the ingredients in the wok for another two minutes and then take off the heat.
  5. Add the noodles into the wok and stir through to combine. Serve immediately.

Notes

Tip
The key to success with this dish – like all stir fries – is to have all your ingredients prepared before you start to cook. The cooking of this dish is really the quickest part so it pays to be completely prepared!
Variation
You could use any vegetables you like in this stir fry but do try to choose vegies that won’’t go mushy from the high heat.

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