Steak and noodles are a handy and quick dinner combination that needs not be heavy. This dish uses soba noodles made from buckwheat flour, making them light with a nutty flavour, and delicious served cold with lean, rare Silver Fern Farms Flat-Iron Steaks. Quick and easy to cook, Flat-Iron Steaks are ideal for this dish. All Silver Fern Farms beef is selected by Master Graders using the Eating Quality System® to ensure premium quality beef cuts that are tasty, tender and juicy, every time. Make plenty and pack some into boxes for nutritious lunches the next day.

Ingredients

2	Limes, zest and juice
1 ½ Tbsp	Mirin
1 piece	Fresh ginger, 3cm, finely grated
3 Tbsp	Soy sauce
2 Tbsp	Sesame oil
1 packet	Soba noodles, approx 300g (Main)
1 packet	Silver Fern Farms Flat Iron Steaks (Main)
1 drizzle	Oil
3 cups	Asian salad greens, such as mizuna and tatsoi
¼ cup	Chopped fresh coriander
1	Finely chopped spring onion
3 Tbsp	Sesame seeds, toasted

Directions

1. Place all the dressing ingredients - lime zest and juice, mirin, ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil - in a bowl and whisk to combine.
2. Cook the noodles according to packet instructions, rinse under cold water, drain, then combine with the dressing.
3. Heat a frying pan. Drizzle Silver Fern Farms Beef Flat-Iron Steaks with oil and season with salt and pepper. Fry 3 minutes each side. Remove and rest, covered for 5 minutes.
4. Slice the steak into thin strips and toss gently through the noodles with the salad leaves, coriander and spring onion. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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