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Herby Beef Salad with Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
beef stir fry strips tomato spinach basil mint sweet chilli sauce
Ready in 20
High protein
New
7 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 300g beef strips
- 1 unwaxed lime
- 1 tbsp garlic, basil and parsley paste (garlic puree, basil, rapeseed oil, parsley, sea salt, acidity regulator: citric acid)
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 chilli
- 40g baby spinach
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Asian paste (Soya) (Garlic, Ginger, Tamari sauce (Water, Soyabeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Red Chilli, Rapeseed oil, Yeast extract powder (Yeast Extract, Salt).)
- 25g honey
- 250g steamed wholegrain & wild basmati (Natural Wholegrain Basmati Rice - Steamed (89%), Natural Wild Rice - Steamed (10%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre)
- 10g flaked almonds (Nuts)
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 1 handful of fresh mint
Nutritional Information
Calories: 637
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 32g
Ingredients
- 150g beef strips
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 10g flaked almonds (use half) (Nuts)
- 1 handful of fresh basil (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh mint (use half)
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar (use half)
- 40g baby spinach (use half)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lime (use half)
- 250g steamed wholegrain & wild basmati (use half) (Natural Wholegrain Basmati Rice - Steamed (89%), Natural Wild Rice - Steamed (10%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre)
- 1 tbsp garlic, basil and parsley paste (use half) (garlic puree, basil, rapeseed oil, parsley, sea salt, acidity regulator: citric acid)
- 2 tbsp Asian paste (use half) (Soya) (Garlic, Ginger, Tamari sauce (Water, Soyabeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Red Chilli, Rapeseed oil, Yeast extract powder (Yeast Extract, Salt).)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 662
Protein: 42g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 34g
Herby Beef Salad with Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
beef stir fry strips tomato spinach basil mint sweet chilli sauce
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Cooking Instructions
- Heat a large frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on high heat. Cook the beef for 3-5 mins, until golden and cooked. Add the garlic, basil and parsley paste in the final minute of cooking and toss to coat. Season with sea salt.
- Meanwhile, halve the tomatoes. Remove the basil and mint leaves from their stalks and roughly chop. Heat another large frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Add the rice and 75ml water. Break the rice up using a wooden spoon and cook for 3-4 mins until piping hot. Stir through the tomatoes, spinach, herbs, half the Asian paste and half the lime juice. Season with sea salt to taste.
- Make the dipping sauce; finely dice the chilli (remove the seeds for less heat). In a small bowl, mix together the vinegar, honey, half the diced chilli, the remaining Asian paste and lime juice.
- Serve the rice on plates and top with the beef and almonds. Sprinkle with remaining chilli to taste and serve the dipping sauce on the side.
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