Recipe Makes for 4 Servings:

I5- 30ml/1 - 2 tbsp  vegetable oil

300g/lloz beef  sir loin, cut against the grain in thin slices

225g/80z  dried  rice  sticks  (vermicelli) soaked  in warm  water for  20  minutes 

225g/80z/1  cup  beansprouts 

5- 10ml/1-2 tsp fish sauce

1 small bunch each of fresh basil and mint, stalks removed, leaves shredded to garnish

For the sate:

4  dried  Serrano chillies, seeded

60ml /4  t bsp  groundnut  (peanut)  oil 

4- 5 garlic  cloves,  crushed

5- 10ml/1-2 tsp  curry  powder

1/3 cup roasted peanuts, finely ground

Directions:

To make the sate, grind the Serrano chillies in a mortar or with a pestle. Heat the oil in a heavy pan and stir in the garlic until it begins to colour. Add the chilies, curry powder and the peanuts and stir over a low heat, until the mixture forms a paste. Remove the pan from the heat and leave the mixture to cool.

Heat a wok or heavy pan and pour in 1 tbsp of oil. Add the sliced beef and cook for 1-2 minutes and stir in 1-1/2 tsp of the spicy peanut sate. Tip the beef onto a clean plate and set aside. Drain the rice sticks.


Add 1 1/2 tsp oil to the wok and add the rice sticks and 1 tbsp sate. Toss the noodles until coated in the sauce and cook for 4-5 minutes or until tender.


Toss in the beef for 1 minute, then add the beansprouts with the fish sauce. Tip the noodles on to a serving dish and sprinkle with the basil and mint. Serve with pickles.



For the adventurous palate, a great side dish that compliments this recipe is Jaew Bong.  Discover more about Jaew Bong, check out www.jaewbong.com.



Enjoy..