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Chinese pork mince and noodles

Give salty takeaways a miss with this homemade, low-sodium pork with noodles recipe.

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.6
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1½ tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 3 celery sticks, diced
  • 1 small eggplant (about 300g), diced
  • 500g extra-lean pork mince
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes, plus extra, to serve
  • ½ teaspoon crushed Szechuan peppercorns
  • 4 shallots, thinly sliced, plus extra to serve
  • 250g green beans, sliced
  • 180g dried soba noodles, (noodles rinsed prior to cooking)
  • 1 large Lebanese cucumber, cut into thin matchsticks
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Combine soy sauce, sugar and vinegar in a small bowl, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Set aside.

    2 Lightly spray a large wok with olive oil and set over high heat. Stir-fry celery and eggplant for 3–4 minutes, or until eggplant is golden. Add mince and stir-fry, breaking the mince up with a wooden spoon, for 5 minutes, or until browned. Add garlic, chilli, pepper and shallots, and stir-fry for 30 seconds, or until fragrant.

    3 Add the beans and stir-fry for 2 minutes, or until almost tender. Add reserved sauces and stir-fry for 1 minute, or until hot.

    4 Meanwhile, cook the noodles following the packet instructions. Drain. Serve bolognese on the noodles, topped with cucumber, extra shallots and chilli flakes.

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