Chilli beef and radish noodle soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 spring onions, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed
- a large chunk ginger, sliced
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 2 dried red chillies
- 2 litres chicken stock
- 350g sirloin steak, fat removed and sliced
- a pinch chilli flakes
- a pinch Chinese five-spice
- oil
- 16 mixed radishes, trimmed and large ones halved
- 300g ready-to-eat rice or egg or wheat noodles
- 1 tbsp fish sauce, plus more to serve
- 1 lime, plus wedges to serve
- a handful of leaves coriander
Method
- STEP 1
Put the spring onion, garlic, ginger, spices, dried chilli and chicken stock in a pan and simmer, cook for 10 minutes, then strain into a clean pan.
- STEP 2
Toss the steak strips with the chilli flakes and five-spice, then fry them in a drizzle of oil in a wok over a high heat so they brown and caramelise at the edges. Tip out and fry the radishes in another tbsp oil until they’re tender, about 10 minutes. Reheat the stock and add the noodles, fish sauce and lime juice. Divide between 4 deep bowls and add some beef, radishes and coriander to each. Season with more lime and fish sauce, if you like.
