How to Cook Spicy Rice Noodles with Grilled Steak
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
Ingredients needed to make Spicy Rice Noodles with Grilled Steak:
For the vinaigrette:
- 1 tbsp chile-garlic paste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 ½ tsp granulated sugar
For the noodles and steak:
- 1 lb flank steak, fat trimmed and sinew removed
- ½ lb dried rice stick noodles
- 1 ½ lb baby bok choy, cleaned, ends chopped off and cut into 1’’ pieces
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp salted peanuts, roasted and roughly chopped
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 medium lime, sliced into 4 wedges
Cooking instructions for Spicy Rice Noodles with Grilled Steak:
- To make the vinaigrette, dump all its ingredients in a medium, glass bowl and whisk them thoroughly until well combined; set aside until necessary.
- To prepare the noodles and steak, spread a single layer of absorbent papers across a baking sheet and keep aside.
- Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring it to a boil over high flame.
- Toss the bok choy chunks into it and continue to boil briefly for a minute to blanch, so that they soften yet retain their crunchiness.
- Return the cooking water back to boil.
- Pile up the noodles in a large bowl and pour in the boiling water until completely immersed.
- Give it a nice stir to prevent the noodle strands from clinging to each other and set aside, covered, for 5 minutes, or until they soften and pliant.
- Tip them into a colander to drain and set aside.
- Smother either side of the steak with a good lug of oil and rub a dash each of salt plus ground black pepper all over it.
- Heat a griddle pan over moderately high heat for a couple of minutes and place the prepared steak on it.
- Cook each side of the meat for 6 minutes, until it is seared on both sides and cooked to medium-rare doneness.
- Place it into a chopping board and let it cool down slightly for 5-10 minutes.
- Pile up the cooked noodles back into a large bowl and throw in the cooked bok choy.
- Carve out ¼’’ thick slices from the steak and lay them on top of the noodles.
- Drizzle the prepared vinaigrette over the ensemble and sprinkle the chopped cilantro on top.
- Toss them all together using a pair of tongs until well mixed and coated properly with the dressing.
- Sprinkle the roasted peanuts on top and serve alongside lime wedges.
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