Beef Stir Fry With Black Bean Sauce

You now how life is about economy at the moment, everyone tries to cut down their spending. Well fair enough, so budget meals are a choice of many of us. So as I always say, left overs are the best . Any left over meat of a roasting joint make a wonderful dinner. I had a bit of beef left over, so I used it in a stir fry this time. It is unbelievably quick to make. You have a good flavour to it and no one would think that it's a budget meal. Fair enough we cut the cost of our spending but it doesn't mean we can't eat a lush dinner at the same time.  So do you have any meat left over from your roast dinner? Here is a recipe all the family will enjoy.

For The Stir Fry

Ingredients

2 bell red peppers

2 carrots (chopped like match sticks)

1 chilli

2 cloves of garlic crushed

Olive oil

Sesame Oil

Left over beef

2 nest of medium egg noodles

1 jar of black bean sauce

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Level : Easy

Serves: 3

Method

Chop the vegetables and fry them on a high heat in some olive oil. This will take about 3 minutes.

When vegetables are soft enough add the crushed garlic and fry for another minute.

Add the black bean sauce, and a little splash of water . In the meantime, boil the noodles in some hot water, following the instructions on the packet.

Add the beef and lower the flame so you just warm it trough . It will take about 4 minutes.

Add the ready cooked noodles to the pan and stir it all together, drizzle over some sesame oil and serve while hot.

Lamb Burgers and Spicy Relish

Moroccan cuisine, great flavours . Done into burgers, instead of the everyday beef burger. With a spicy relish that compliments it very well. I didn't use any mint in the lamb burgers as I am not a big fan, but you can chop some and add to the mixture if you like the combination of lamb and mint. They do go very well together.

Lamb Burgers

Ingredinets

400 g lamb mince
1/2 a red onion
 2 garlic cloves
Fresh parsley
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp gram masala
Seasoning
Olive oil


Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Level : Medium
Serves: 5

Method

Sauté the onion and garlic , then tip in a bowl and leave to cool. Add the spices and parsley to the onion. Add the mince and season. Shape them into balls and then flatten a little to form a burger. I managed to make 5 burgers in all. Chill them in the fridge for 30 minutes , for better results when frying, Remember to take them out 10 minutes before cooking. To help them re adjust to room temperature a little.  Fry them in a non stick frying pan with a drizzle of oil. Cook for about 6 minutes on each side. Serve with the relish .

Spicy Relish

Ingredients

1/2 a red onion

1 red pepper

A big handful of cherry tomatoes

2 green chillies

Parsley

Dried oregano

1/2 a lemon (juice)

Seasoning

Olive oil

Extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp smoked paprika

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time; 5 minutes

Serves: 5

Level ; easy

Method

Cut the onion in quarters brush with olive oil and grill on each side down for 5 minutes. Do the same with the red pepper.Skin side up. Grill/ char the pepper for 5 minutes . Get all the ingredients ready in a food processor with the onion and pepper. Whiz and there you go. If you don't have a food processor , chop everything with a knife , remember to leave the onion and pepper cool first.