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Black Bean & Wild Crab Chow Fun
Our new sustainably-sourced white crab meat is the star of the show in this classic stir fry. Coated in tangy lime, nutty sesame seeds and crunchy spring onion - serve it on top of a fragrant stir fry, starring a medley of vibrant veg, wide brown rice noodles and a bangin' sauce (we are talking creamy black bean paste, umami tamari and sticky honey). On the side? A refreshing pickled cucumber salad.
7 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 40g sugar snap peas (use half)
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp black bean paste (use half) (Soya) (Water, Salted Black Beans(Black Beans (soya), Salt), Date Syrup, Salt, Acetic Acid)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds (use half) (Sesame)
- 1 unwaxed lime (use half)
- 2 tbsp tamari (use half) (Soya) (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
- 1 sweetheart cabbage (use half)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 100g wide brown rice noodles (use half) (brown rice flour (84%), water)
- 2 spring onion
- 100g white crab meat (use half) (Crustaceans) (white crab meat)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 466
Protein: 20g
Carbs: 56g
Fat: 18g
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp black bean paste (Soya) (Water, Salted Black Beans(Black Beans (soya), Salt), Date Syrup, Salt, Acetic Acid)
- 1 midi cucumber
- 40g sugar snap peas
- 25g honey
- 100g wide brown rice noodles (brown rice flour (84%), water)
- 1 sweetheart cabbage
- 100g white crab meat (Crustaceans) (white crab meat)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame)
- 2 garlic clove
- 2 spring onion
- 2 tbsp tamari (Soya) (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
- 1 unwaxed lime
Nutritional Information
Calories: 457
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 55g
Fat: 18g
Black Bean & Wild Crab Chow Fun
Our new sustainably-sourced white crab meat is the star of the show in this classic stir fry. Coated in tangy lime, nutty sesame seeds and crunchy spring onion - serve it on top of a fragrant stir fry, starring a medley of vibrant veg, wide brown rice noodles and a bangin' sauce (we are talking creamy black bean paste, umami tamari and sticky honey). On the side? A refreshing pickled cucumber salad.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, a grater, a peeler, a sieve, a medium bowl & a small bowl
Prep time
- Trim and cut the cabbage into bite-sized pieces. Slice 1 1/2 spring onions into 3cm pieces, then thinly slice the remaining
- Halve the sugar snaps. Thinly slice the garlic. Zest and halve the lime. Peel the cucumber into ribbons
Get the noodles on & pickle the cucumber
- Add the noodles to the saucepan, gently separate with a fork and boil for 6-7 mins, until cooked. Drain, then rinse under cold water
- Meanwhile, in the medium bowl, combine the cucumber ribbons with the juice from half the lime. Season with salt and set aside to pickle
Build the chow fun
- Heat the large frying pan with 2 tbsp oil on a medium-high heat. Once hot, add the spring onion pieces and cook for 6-7 mins, until slightly charred
- Add the cabbage and sugar snaps and cook for 3-4 mins, until soft
- Add the garlic, black bean paste, tamari, honey and a splash of water. Stir to combine, then cook for 2 mins, until slightly thickened
Last bits
- Add the cooked noodles and juice from the remaining lime into the veg pan and mix to coat
- In the small bowl, combine the crab, lime zest, thinly sliced spring onion and half the sesame seeds
Plate up
- Share the chow fun between bowls, topped with the lime crab and pickled cucumber. Scatter over the remaining sesame seeds
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