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Beef & Broccoli Noodle Base

Name: Beef & Broccoli Noodle Base
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g beef mince (10% fat); 300g broccoli, small florets; 150g carrot, matchsticks; 4 cloves (20g) garlic; 20g fresh ginger; 40ml oyster sauce; 30ml soy sauce; 15g light brown sugar; 15g cornflour; 10ml sesame oil; 4 (60g) spring onions, sliced; 10ml rapeseed oil; 250ml water

Savoury beef mince with plenty of broccoli in a sweet soy, garlic and oyster sauce, made for noodles.

makes 15 blocks, about 49p each

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Time: 25 min10 min prep · 15 min cook
Makes: 15 blocks
Cost per blockPer block: 49p
Calories per blockCalories: 80 kcal
Spice: 1 of 5

You’ll need

Batch size

blocks

500gbeef mince (10% fat)
300gbroccoli, small florets
150gcarrot, matchsticks
4 cloves (20g)garlic
20gfresh ginger
40mloyster sauce
30mlsoy sauce
15glight brown sugar
15gcornflour
10mlsesame oil
4 (60g)spring onions, sliced
10mlrapeseed oil
250mlwater

Allergens: Molluscs, Sesame, Soya. Check the labels on stock cubes, sauces and pastes, as brands vary.

Serve it

Tossed through lo mein or egg noodles · Over rice with a fried egg · With rice noodles and chilli oil

Method

Step 1: Heat the oil in a wok or large pan over a high heat and fry the mince for 8 minutes until well browned and crisp in places.
Step 2: Add the broccoli and carrot with 3 tbsp of the water, cover and steam-fry for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger for 1 minute.
Step 3: Mix the oyster sauce, soy, sugar, cornflour and the rest of the water and pour in. Simmer for 2 minutes until thick and glossy.
Step 4: Off the heat, stir in the sesame oil and spring onions.
Step 5: Cool quickly and freeze in 70g blocks.

Hotter: add 1 tsp chilli flakes with the garlic.

Nutrition (estimated)
	kcal	protein	carbs	fat	fibre	salt
Per block	80	8.1g	5.9g	3.1g	1g	0.35g
Per 3 blocks	240	24.3g	17.7g	9.3g	3g	1.05g

Cook’s notes

To serve 1: cook 1 nest of noodles, reheat 3 blocks with 2 tbsp water, then toss together.
Keep the broccoli just tender; it softens on reheating.
Chicken mince works too.

Serve it

Tossed through lo mein or egg noodles · Over rice with a fried egg · With rice noodles and chilli oil.

Freeze, reheat and serve

Freeze: Cool it within two hours, portion it into 70g blocks in a silicone tray, then bag and label them. It keeps for 3 months.
Reheat: Microwave 3 blocks, covered, for 1 minute, stir, then heat for another 1 to 2 minutes until piping hot all the way through. Or warm them in a pan with a splash of water. Never refreeze thawed blocks.
A portion: 3 blocks (210g) make a dinner for one adult: about 240 kcal and 24.3g protein before rice, bread or potatoes.

Beef & Broccoli Noodle Base questions

Can I use sliced steak instead of mince?

Thinly sliced rump or sirloin works well. Stir-fry it in two batches over a high heat for a couple of minutes, lift it out, and return it with the sauce so it doesn't toughen.

What can I use instead of oyster sauce?

A mushroom-based vegetarian stir-fry sauce is the closest swap, or use a little extra soy with a pinch more sugar. Check the label if you need it gluten-free.

Why add cornflour to the sauce?

It thickens the sauce so it turns glossy and clings to the noodles instead of pooling in the bottom of the bowl.