Vietnamese-style Beef Salad with Brown Rice Noodles & Peanuts

Serving size

1 person 2 people 4 people

Ingredients

1 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame)
80g mangetout
100g brown rice noodles

(Brown Rice Flour, Water)
300g beef strips
25g honey
2 tbsp tamari (Soya)

(water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
1 carrot
1 midi cucumber
1 handful of fresh coriander
1 unwaxed lime
10g roasted peanuts (Peanuts, Nuts, Sesame)
1 tbsp chilli paste

(Red Chillies, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt)

Allergens

Contains: Sesame, Soya, Peanuts

May Contain: Nuts, Sesame

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	156Kcal	722Kcal
	652kJ	3020kJ
Fat	7.9g	37g
of which saturates	2.3g	11g
Carbohydrates	13g	58g
of which sugars	4.2g	19g
Protein	8.9g	41g
Salt	0.69g	3.2g
Fibre	1.4g	6.6g

Ingredients

1 tsp sesame seeds (use half) (Sesame)
1 tbsp chilli paste (use half)

(Red Chillies, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt)
25g honey (use half)
1 carrot (use half)
100g brown rice noodles (use half)

(Brown Rice Flour, Water)
150g beef strips
80g mangetout (use half)
10g roasted peanuts (use half) (Peanuts, Nuts, Sesame)
2 tbsp tamari (use half) (Soya)

(water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
1 unwaxed lime (use half)
1 midi cucumber (use half)

Allergens

Contains: Sesame, Soya, Peanuts

May Contain: Nuts, Sesame

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	157Kcal	747Kcal
	656kJ	3123kJ
Fat	8.1g	38g
of which saturates	2.4g	11g
Carbohydrates	12g	58g
of which sugars	4.1g	19g
Protein	9.2g	44g
Salt	0.68g	3.2g
Fibre	1.4g	6.6g

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Vietnamese-style Beef Salad with Brown Rice Noodles & Peanuts

Prep time: 15 mins

Total time: 20 mins

Cuisine: Vietnamese

Food group: Beef

A speedy and refreshing noodle salad for the weeknights when you're short on time. Sizzle British beef strips with a tangy chilli, honey and tamari dressing. Serve over a bed of brown rice noodles, vibrant veg and lashings of lime. Nutty peanuts for a bit of crunch.

Cooking Instructions

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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 medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
Pull out a large frying pan, a large bowl, a grater & a sieve

Get sizzlin'

Heat the large frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the beef strips and cook for 8 mins, until golden and cooked through. Season with salt and pepper
Add half the honey and half the tamari. Toss to coat, then remove from the heat
Meanwhile, coarsely grate the carrot. Thinly slice the cucumber into 1/2cm half-moons. Roughly chop the coriander

Cook the noodles

Add the noodles to the saucepan, gently separate with a fork and boil for 3-4 mins, until cooked
Add the mangetout in the final 2 mins of cooking. Drain all together, then rinse under cold water

Build the salad

In the large bowl, combine 1 tbsp oil with the sesame seeds, the juice from the lime, the remaining tamari and remaining honey. Season with salt and pepper
Add the cooked noodles, mangetout, prepped veg and coriander to the dressing. Toss to combine and season with salt and pepper to taste

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
Roughly chop the peanuts
Share the noodle salad between bowls, topped with the beef and peanuts. Drizzle over the chilli paste (for those who'd like the heat)