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Thai meatball salad and sesame noodles

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 600g lean beef mince
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon crushed ginger
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • 2 x 200g packs fresh hokkien noodles
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 3 carrots, thinly sliced using a potato peeler or a julienne peeler
  • 1 large telegraph cucumber, thinly sliced using a potato peeler or a julienne peeler (about 3 cups)
  • 2 x 100g packs sugar-snap peas
  • 2 fresh limes, juice
  • large handful coriander, roughly chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Combine mince with chilli, ginger and fish sauce and roll into even-sized meatballs. Make 20 balls (5 per serve).

    2 Heat a large non-stick frying pan on a high heat. Add the meatballs and cook, turning for 10 minutes until cooked through. Add the sesame seeds and toss well. Remove from the heat.

    3 Cook the noodles following packet instructions then drain and stir through sesame oil. In a large bowl toss together the carrot, cucumber, sugar snap peas, lime juice and noodles.

    4 Serve meatballs on top of salad and sprinkle with coriander and extra sesame seeds.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use rice noodles instead of hokkien noodles and check fish sauce is gluten free.

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