Spicy Pork Ramen

 

Ingredients

• 200g pork fillet, fat trimmed and finely sliced
• juice half lime
• good grind black pepper
• 2 tsp rapeseed oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2cm fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 small red chilli, thinly sliced
• 1 red pepper, cut into chunks
• 80g mushrooms, cut into wedges
• 1 low-salt vegetable stock cube, dissolved in 600ml water
• 1 tsp reduced-salt soy sauce
• 100g bean sprouts
• 6 radishes, sliced
• 4 spring onions, sliced into 2cm pieces
• 300g fresh egg noodles
• 8-10 coriander leaves

Method

1. Place the sliced pork into a bowl with the lime juice and black pepper, mix well and reserve.
2. Add 1 tsp of the oil to a saucepan. Add the onion and cook 3-4 minutes, stirring until browned.
3. Add the ginger, garlic, chilli, red pepper and mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes.
4. Add the stock and simmer gently for 4 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, add the other tsp of oil to a separate frying pan and cook the pork for 1-2 minutes on each side.
6. Add the soy sauce, bean sprouts, radishes, spring onions and egg noodles to the saucepan, mix well andbring up to boiling point.
7. Divide into bowls, top with sliced pork and a few coriander leaves.

Recipe tips

For a veggie version use pieces of marinated tofu in place of pork.

This recipe works well with chicken, salmon or prawns.