Quick broccoli miso noodles
This is a quick lunch for one, cooked fast and furiously in a frying pan or wok. For two people just double the recipe, but much above that and the pan will get too crowded and the cooking will slow down, so it would be best to make in swift batches, to order.
Cook's notes
Lightly steaming or blanching the broccoli first just ensures that it is just cooked through and you can concentrate on getting some fast heat and colour on it without worrying that’ll still be undercooked.
Ingredients
- 70g brown rice noodles
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 ½ tbsp soy/tamari sauce
- 1 tbsp miso
- 100g purple sprouting, tenderstem or calabrese broccoli
- 1 small leek, or 3 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 1 small red chilli – finely chopped
- 2cm piece of ginger, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 egg
- ½ tbsp sesame seeds
- plain oil for frying
Method
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Step 1
Cook your noodles according to their instructions until just tender, drain and cool immediately in cold water. Keep to one side.
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Step 2
Mix the mirin, soy, and miso together in a small bowl.
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Step 3
Cut and trim the broccoli into long thin pieces, using any stalks and leaves – try and make the stalks no thicker than a pencil so they cook quickly.
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Step 4
Heat the pan or wok and add the egg and a pinch of salt, roughly scramble it with your spoon or spatula as it cooks, until it is coarsely chopped. It should only take about 30 seconds at most. Remove and keep to one side. Give the pan a quick wipe.
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Step 5
You want to lightly blanch or steam the broccoli for 1-2 minutes or so until just cooked. You can do this in a separate pan, or you could throw them into the very hot frying pan or wok with a dash of water and clam a pan lid on top to let them steam.
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Step 6
Remove them from the pan/wok and dry it out, add a dash of oil and return it to the heat. When hot add the broccoli and leek and stir fry for 2 minutes until the florets and leaves start to catch and crisp. Now add the chilli, ginger and garlic and cook for 30 seconds, moving continuously to avoid things sticking. Throw in the noodles and miso mixture and toss everything together until the noodles are heated through. Transfer to a bowl and garnish with the chopped egg and sesame seeds. Eat immediately.