
Hoisin contains Chinese Five Spice, rice vinegar and red miso which gives it its delicious sweet-umami flavour. Here, we're using it as a sauce for beef, veg and egg noodles in a quick stir-fry that's ready in less than 25 minutes.
160 grams
Green Beans
60 grams
Baby Corn
480 grams
British Beef Mince
125 grams
Egg Noodle Nest
(Contains: Wheat, Cereals containing gluten, Egg)
2 unit(s)
Garlic Clove
½ unit(s)
Lime
25 grams
Salted Peanuts
(Contains: Peanut May contain traces of: Nuts, Pistachio nuts, Pecan Nuts, Almonds, Cashew nuts, Macadamia Nuts, Sesame, Hazelnuts, Walnuts, Brazil nuts)
15 grams
Ginger Puree
60 grams
Hoisin Sauce
(Contains: Soya)
64 grams
Sweet Chilli Sauce
20 milliliter(s)
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Wheat, Cereals containing gluten, Soya)
50 milliliter(s)
Water for the Sauce
a) Boil a full kettle.
b) Trim the green beans, then cut into thirds. Halve the baby corn lengthways. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat.
c) Once hot, add the beef mince, baby corn and beans. Fry until browned and tender, 5-6 mins. Use a spoon to break it up the mince as it cooks, then drain and discard any fat. Season with salt and pepper. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw mince. It's cooked when no longer pink in the middle.
Make kid friendly: If you’d prefer to serve the veg on the side, you can boil the green beans and baby corn separately for 4-6 mins and serve alongside.
a) Meanwhile, pour the boiled water from your kettle into a large saucepan with 0.25 tsp salt on high heat.
c) Add the noodles and cook until tender, 4 mins.
d) Once cooked, drain in a sieve and run under cold water to stop them sticking together.
a) Meanwhile, peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press).
b) Cut the lime into wedges.
c) Crush the peanuts in the unopened sachet using a rolling pin.
d) Once the beef is cooked, stir in the garlic and ginger puree and cook until fragrant, 1 min more.
a) Stir the hoisin sauce, sweet chilli sauce, soy and water for the sauce (see pantry for amount) into the beef.
b) Bring to the boil, stirring, then lower the heat.
c) Simmer until thickened and sticky, 2-3 mins.
a) Add the cooked noodles to the pan and toss to coat in the sticky sauce.
b) Squeeze in some lime juice from a lime wedge.
c) Add a splash of water if it's a little too thick.
a) Share your hoisin beef noodles between your bowls.
b) Sprinkle over the peanuts and serve with any remaining lime wedges for squeezing over.
Enjoy!