Name: Beef Chilli & Mint Stir-Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 red chilli; 2 garlic cloves; 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger; 1 handful of small mint leaves; 150 g/5½ oz/1⅔ cups bean sprouts; 3 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2½ tbsp groundnut oil; 140 g/5 oz fine egg noodles; 55 g/2 oz/heaped ⅓ cup peanuts; 1 tsp rice wine vinegar; 2 sirloin steaks (about 120 g/4¼ oz each)

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Mighty Spice Express Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2013

About

Never one to miss a meal, I ordered my lunch to go as I was leaving my hotel in Laos to head to the airport and back to Blighty. I was literally eating my food as I walked to the taxi. Boy, am I glad that I am greedy. Lunch was superb – a simple beef stir-fry with chilli, garlic and a few peanuts, which was lifted somewhere new with a handful of mint leaves. The mint was a superb addition to a classic South-east Asian stir-fry and probably even worth missing a flight for.