Thai rice noodle salad

Name: Thai rice noodle salad
Prep time: 34 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: ½ bag vermicelli rice noodles; 7 oz bean sprouts; Zest and juice of 2 lime; 2 ½ tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp muscovado sugar; 1 red onion; 2 lettuce; 1.1 lb ground pork; Knob ginger; Pinch cayenne pepper; 1 tsp sunflower oil; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 tsp oil; 4 sirloin steaks; 1 red chile

A Thai dinner. Ready in about 49 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

34 minPrep (about)
15 minCook (about)
49 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 18 people +

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Main ingredient

2 ¼ bags vermicelli rice noodles

Fresh & other

2 lb bean sprouts
Zest and juice of 2 lime
1 ½ tbsp muscovado sugar Shopping tip: Dark brown sugar works (UK: muscovado).
5 red onions
9 lettuce
5 lb ground pork Shopping tip: Ground pork (UK: pork mince).
Knob ginger
½ cup + 1 tbsp sesame seeds
18 sirloin steaks
5 red chiles Shopping tip: Fresno or red jalapeño for mild (the recipe takes the seeds out); Thai bird's eye for hot.

Sauces & oils

⅔ cup + 2 tsp fish sauce
1 ½ tbsp sunflower oil
1 ½ tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil (good for high heat).

Spices & seasonings (1): cayenne pepper

Pinch cayenne pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Place your noodles and beansprouts in a heatproof bowl.
Cover with boiling water.
Leave for 4 mins, until the noodles are tender.
Drain.
Cool under cold running water.
Drain again.
Return to the bowl.
Stir your lime zest plus juice, fish or soy sauce and sugar.
Mix in your noodles with the red onion and lettuce.
To make with mince.
Heat little oil in non-stick frying pan.
Mix-fry 4.9 lb minced pork, a little knob of grated ginger plus pinch cayenne pepper or chilli powder.
Keep going for 10 mins, till the mince is browned and cooked through.
Mix into the noodles, split it between four bowls.
Serve warm.
To make using steak, make the rice noodle salad.
Heat 1 ½ tbsp sunflower oil in frying pan.
Tip ½ cup + 1 tbsp sesame seeds on a plate.
Rub 1 ½ tbsp oil in 4 x 1.8 lb sirloin steaks and press in sesame seeds.
Fry for 5 mins for medium rare.
Turn halfway.
Leave to rest for 5 mins, thinly slice.
Toss 1 deseeded plus shredded red chilli, plus a handful mint leaves into noodles.
Top with steak to serve.