Recipe: Spicy Pepper Beef With Noodles

Serves about 8

2 pounds round steak, sliced into thin strips
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons hoisin sauce
4 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
1 pound thin rice noodles
2 tablespoons sesame seed oil
1 small bunch green onions, thoroughly washed and finely chopped
2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Place steak, soy and hoisin sauces, water, lemon juice, sugar and chilli flakes in a bowl, then mix. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours, stirring a number of times. Drain steaks but reserve marinade. Set aside.

Cook noodles according to instructions on package then drain. Stir 1 tablespoon of the sesame oil into the noodles then set aside.

Heat the remaining sesame oil in wok or large heavy frying pan then stir-fry steak until tender. Remove and set aside.

Add onions and reserved marinade to wok or frying pan and stir until hot, then add steak, noodles and sesame seeds and stir-fry for two minutes. Serve hot.

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