Black Bean Beef Noodles & Crunchy Pickles

Serving size

1 person 2 people 4 people

Ingredients

2 tbsp black bean paste (Soya)

(Water, Salted Black Beans(Black Beans (soya), Salt), Date Syrup, Salt, Acetic Acid)
4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
4 garlic clove
160g mangetout
1 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame)
200g brown rice noodles

(Brown Rice Flour, Water)
6 radish
300g beef strips
1 handful of fresh coriander
50g honey
1 cucumber
4 tbsp tamari (Soya)

(Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
300g vegetable gravy (Celery)

(Water, Vegetable Stock Base (Carrot juice concentrate, Mushroom Concentrate [Mushroom juice concentrate, Salt], Onion powder, Salt, Onion juice concentrate, water, black pepper) (5%), Cornflour, Date Syrup, Salt, Garlic, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid, Celery Powder, Thyme, Rosemary, Black Pepper, Bay Leaf.)

Allergens

Contains: Soya, Sesame, Celery

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	128Kcal	480Kcal
	537kJ	2007kJ
Fat	4.4g	16g
of which saturates	1.4g	5.2g
Carbohydrates	15g	58g
of which sugars	4.0g	15g
Protein	6.7g	25g
Salt	1.1g	4.1g
Fibre	1.2g	4.5g

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Prep in 10 High protein 6 plants Low sat fat

Black Bean Beef Noodles & Crunchy Pickles

Prep time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Cuisine: Asian

Food group: Beef

Your week just got a lot better with this delicious noodle stir-fry. Sizzle British beef strips with a sticky homemade black bean sauce. Toss in brown rice noodles and vitamin-rich mangetout to soak up all the sauce. Top it off with crunchy pickled radishes and cucumber to give everything an extra zing.

Cooking Instructions

The protein cooking time listed in this recipe has been updated.

As of December 2025, we've revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.

Before you start

Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil
Pull out a sieve, a bowl, a large frying pan & a small bowl

Time to noodle

Add the noodles to the saucepan, gently separate with a fork and boil for 3-4 mins, until cooked.
Drain, then rinse under cold water.

Make the pickled veg & get sizzlin

Slice the cucumber into half moons. Thinly slice the radish.
Add both to a bowl and mix with half of the vinegar, sesame seeds and salt to taste. Set aside.
Heat a large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the beef strips and cook for 6 mins.

Make the black bean sauce

Finely chop or crush the garlic.
In a small bowl mix the black bean paste, garlic, tamari, honey and remaining vinegar.

Last bits

Add the mangetout, gravy and black bean mixture to the pan.
Simmer for 6-8 mins until the veg is cooked and the sauce thickened.
Roughly chop the coriander and mix through the sauce, along with the cooked noodles.

Plate up

Check your meat is cooked through; it should be golden brown, steaming hot, the juices should run clear when cut and there should be no pink / rare meat inside.
Serve the beef noodles into bowls and top with the pickled veg.
Garnish with the remaining sesame seeds.