Thai rice noodle salad

Healthy Thai recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has vermicelli rice noodle, beansprout, lime, soy sauce, muscovado sugar, red onion, little gem lettuce, pork, ginger, cayenne pepper, sunflower oil, sesame, oil, sirloin steak and red chilli.

Thai rice noodle salad

Thai rice noodle salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Healthy Thai
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

12 mins

Ingredients

  • Red Chilli: 1 deseeded and shredded red chilli
  • Red Onion: 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • Lime: zest and juice 2 limes
  • Soy Sauce: 2-3 tbsp fish or soy sauce, to taste
  • Cayenne Pepper: pinch cayenne pepper
  • Oil: 1 tsp oil
  • Sunflower Oil: 1 tsp sunflower oil
  • Little Gem Lettuce: 2 Little Gem lettuce hearts, leaves separated and roughly torn
  • Ginger: small knob grated ginger
  • Muscovado Sugar: 1 tsp muscovado sugar or soft brown sugar
  • Sirloin Steak: 4 x 175g sirloin steaks
  • Pork: 500g minced pork
  • Sesame: 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • Beansprout: 200g bag beansprouts
  • Vermicelli Rice Noodle: 1/2 a 250g pack fine vermicelli rice noodles

Directions

  1. Place the noodles and beansprouts in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 4 mins, or until the noodles are tender. Drain, then cool under cold running water and drain again. Return to the bowl.
  2. Stir together the lime zest and juice, fish or soy sauce and sugar. Stir into the noodles with the red onion and lettuce.
  3. To make with mince, heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan and stir-fry 500g minced pork, a small knob of grated ginger and pinch cayenne pepper or chilli powder for 10 mins, until the mince is browned and cooked through. Mix into the noodles, divide between four bowls and serve warm.
  4. To make with steak, make the rice noodle salad. Heat 1 tsp sunflower oil in a frying pan. Tip 2 tbsp sesame seeds onto a plate. Rub 1 tsp oil into 4 x 175g sirloin steaks and press into sesame seeds. Fry for 5 mins for medium rare, turning halfway. Leave to rest for 5 mins, then thinly slice. Toss 1 deseeded and shredded red chilli, and a handful mint leaves into noodles. Top with steak to serve.