Meats Recipes - Beef and Noodle Stir-fry

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz quick-cooking Chinese egg noodles

• 225 g/8 oz fillet steak, cut into thin strips

• 30 ml/2 tbsp oil

• 1 onion, sliced

• 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks

• 2 celery sticks, cut into matchsticks

• 1 red (bell) pepper, cut into matchsticks

• 50 g/2 oz mushrooms, sliced

• 1/4 cucumber, cut into matchsticks

• 30 ml/2 tbsp dry sherry

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp clear honey

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground ginger

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Cook the noodles according to the packet directions. Drain.

2. Stir-fry (sauté) the steak in the oil for 2 minutes. Add the onion, carrot and celery and continue stir-frying for a further 3 minutes.

3. Add the pepper, mushrooms and cucumber and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

4. Add the noodles and the remaining ingredients and toss well over a gentle heat until hot through. Serve straight away.