Somen noodles, made from wheat flour, can be found at most supermarkets, or replace them with egg or soba noodles.
Beef and chilli noodle soup
Ingredients
- 1,5 litres good-quality beef or chicken stock
- 1 red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced
- 5ml (1 tsp) brown sugar
- 15ml (1 tbsp) soy sauce
- 200g shiitake, oyster or button mushrooms
- 15ml (1 tbsp) sesame oil
- 300g rump steak, cut into thin strips
- 3 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 50g mangetout, thinly sliced
- 100g somen noodles
- 30ml (2 tbsp) sesame seeds, toasted
Instructions
1
Place the stock, chilli, sugar and soy sauce in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil. Add the mushrooms, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, heat the sesame oil in a large frying pan. Fry the beef strips until just cooked.
3
Divide the beef strips between four serving bowls. Top with spring onions and mangetout.
4
Add the noodles to the soup and cook until soft, about 2 – 3 minutes.
5
Spoon hot soup over the beef strips, spring onions and mangetout. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.