Broccoli and Beef Noodles

Asian inspired, fast

My girls love noodles, but a lot of asian inspired recipes are too complicated and spicy for them. Both gobbled these up so I hope they are a hit with your little ones.

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Sauce:

3 T soy sauce

1 t fish sauce

1 T tomato sauce

1 t crushed garlic

1 t crushed ginger

1 T vinegar

1 t brown sugar

Noodles and vegetables:

1 T oil

2 carrots, julienned

1 capsicum, julienned

1 head of broccoli, cut into small florets

250g dried noodles

400g beef schnitzel, cut into thin strips

3 spring onions, chopped

1. Mix all the sauce ingredients together.

2.Boil a pot of water, cook noodles as long as instructions say. Add broccoli to the pot to cook around 3 – 5 mins.

3. Heat a frying pan to medium-high heat. Add carrots and capsicum and cook for 3 mins, stirring often.

4. Add the schnitzel and brown.

5. Add the drained noodles and broccoli, sauce mixture and spring onions. Cook over medium heat for 3 mins, stirring with tongs to mix.

6. Serve in bowls.

Noodle hint for littlies: If the noodles are really long and difficult to handle I get some scissors out once I have served them and chop them shorter. This makes them easier for little ones to scoop them into their mouths.