Braised Baby Lettuce
If you aren't sold on the idea of salad, you can cook your lettuce. This speedy cooking method keeps the lettuce quite crisp and it is a good side dish with a Chinese-style meal.
Steak Rice Paper Rolls
These light and fresh rolls look so pretty and are an exciting way to change up the lunchbox or snack time.
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Ingredients
Filling
- 400g Quality Mark beef sirloin steak
- 100g vermicelli noodles
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into thin sticks or julienned
- 1 carrot, cut into think sticks or julienned
- 100g snow pea sprouts
- 15g fresh mint leaves
- 15g fresh coriander
To Serve
- 1 packet rice paper
- sweet chili sauce
Method
- Place vermicelli noodles in a large bowl and cover with hot water to soften – cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Season steaks with salt and pepper and oil.
- Heat a medium frying pan until very hot. Once pan is smoking add steaks. Cook for 3-4 minutes then turn over and grill for a further 3-4 minutes for medium cooked beef.
- Remove from pan and cover with foil. Allow to rest for 2-3 minutes then slice into fine strips.
- Using clean kitchen scissors cut the vermicelli noodles into shorter pieces. Then drain the noodles well.
- Gather steak strips, drained vermicelli, carrot, cucumber, snow pea shoots, mint and coriander ready for assembly.
- Rehydrate the rice paper. Grab two large bowls and fill one with warm water. Submerge a sheet water until soft. Place on the rim of the dry bowl to allow any access water to drain off. Repeat until the rim is full, about 2-3 sheets.
- To make the rice paper roll, place a coriander and mint leaf towards the lower half of the rice paper. Follow with a couple of slices of steak, some noodles, and few slices of each vegetable, being careful not to overfill. Turn in the sides and carefully roll up into a cigar shape.
- Serve with a sweet chilli dipping sauce and extra coriander if desired.