Cooking With Jaye, #1

If any of you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you will know that a couple of weeks ago I won Wagamamas Instagram competition, leaving me with a Ramen Bowl, chopsticks, a ladel, two sauces, a tote bag, an apron, a cookbook, and a whopping £100 voucher! I've never won anything before, so I was crazy excited, and after it all arrived, I hopped into the kitchen, kitted out in my new apron, ready to cook up a storm.

I thought I'd start with a simpler recipe, and I adapted it a bit, but I thought I'd share it with you guys! This literally took less than 15 minutes to make, and it's super healthy! This recipe serves 2.

What You Will Need

 100g of egg noodles

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

2 garlic cloves

3cm piece of ginger root

150g beef steak

1/2 a red pepper

2 teaspoons of cornflour

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 teaspoon of sugar

100ml chicken stock (I used vegetable since we were out, and it still tasted good!)

1 tablespoon of vineagar

Juice of one lime

2 tablespoons of defrosted frozen peas

A handful of beansprouts

A bunch of fresh coriander

2 spring onions

To make, simply cook the noodles how the packet suggests, drain them and rinse in cold water, and leave whilst you cook the rest. Heat the oil in a large wok (the bigger the wok is, the easier!) and stir fry the sliced ginger and crushed garlic for no more than 30 seconds, or the ginger will burn (I learnt this the hard way, but it's always better the second time right?). Then add the beef, shake it all up, then add the red pepper. Fry that for about 3 minutes. In a separate jug or mug, blend cornflour with soy sauce, then pour this into the wok, along with the stock and vineagar. Then shake it all up, so everything is covered in sauce, then allow it to simmer for a minute so the mixture can thicken up a bit. Finally, add the noodles, lime juice (it recommended using a whole lime, but this felt like a little too much for me, next time I would probably only add half), peas and beansprouts. Cook everything for three more minutes, and then serve, sprinkled with coriander leaves and spring onions! Done!

Have you tried any good speedy recipes recently?