Beef noodle salad

Babiche Martens

As the barbecue is still out, I used it to cook the meat for this beef noodle salad. There are no pots and pans needed here — a bit of slicing and dicing and a quick fry on the barbecue and, voila, dinner is served.

For the dressing

1	Lemon, zest only
¼ cup	Lemon juice
2 tsp	Fish sauce
2 tsp	Sesame oil
2 Tbsp	Honey
1 Tbsp	Fresh ginger, grated
½ cup	Basil

For the salad

400 g	Sirloin steak (Main)
1 Tbsp	Oil
1 tsp	Paprika
½	Red peppers
½	Green pepper
200 g	Button mushrooms, halved
3	Courgettes, sliced (Main)
2 cups	Crispy noodles (Main)
1 cup	Basil leaves

Directions

1. To make the dressing, place lemon, fish sauce, sesame, honey, ginger and basil in a jar and shake well to combine.
2. Rub steak with oil, paprika, salt and pepper.
3. Preheat a barbecue to a high heat. Cook the steak for 3 or 4 minutes each side. Set aside.
4. Cook the peppers, mushrooms and courgettes on the grill until just cooked.
5. Place the vegetables in a large bowl, Slice the meat thinly and add to the bowl. Toss through the dressing, crispy noodles and basil. Serve immediately with extra basil leaves to garnish.

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