Thai Beef Noodle Salad - with Slim Pasta

Ingredients (Serves 2) @ 7pp per serve

For the salad

• 250g (1 pack) SlimPasta Angel Hair
• 200 gram porterhouse or fillet of beef
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1/2 cup each of mint, Thai basil and coriander leaves
• 1/2 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced
• 100 grams of cherry tomatoes, cut
• 1/2 red onion, sliced
• 1 long red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon fried shallots, to serve
• 2 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts or cashew nuts, to serve

For the dressing

• 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
• 1/2 lime, squeezed
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

Method

1. Marinate the beef in hoisin sauce for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
2. Cmbine the herbs, cucumber, tomato, red onion, chilli and the dressing ingredients in another bowl. Adjust to taste.
3. Prepare SlimPasta Angel Hair following the cooking instruction. Drain well with paper towel and add to salad bowl.
4. Grill the beef to medium rare and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Slice thinly and add to the salad.
5. Toss everything together and serve on plates sprinkled with the roasted peanuts and fried shallots and drizzle over the remaining dressing. Sprinkle with remaining cashews to serve.