- Wholewheat noodles have a gorgeous nutty flavour and provide a source of fibre compared to the regular ones, but feel free to swap in your favourites.
- Fresh out of carrots? Any crunchy veg you have in the fridge will do – try cucumber, lettuce or radishes.
25 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 4
About the recipe
This is a real winner of a dinner. I’ve heroed frozen meat-free mince and flavoured it with ginger and spring onion for bonus flavour. When served with noodles and fresh veg, it makes for a punchy bowlful that’s packed full of the good stuff. I’ve finished it off with chopped carrot – a veg that’s often forgotten at the bottom of the fridge, helping to make it easy on your wallet, too.
Ingredients
250g closed cup mushrooms
vegetable oil
2cm piece of ginger
1 bunch of spring onions
1 x 454g pack of frozen meat-free mince
300g wholewheat noodles
160g carrots
2 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
1 lime
Top Tip
To make this vegan, simply choose a vegan meat-free mince.
Method
- Roughly chop a handful of the mushrooms and pan-fry in a large casserole pan on a medium heat with 1 teaspoon of oil until golden, stirring regularly, then set aside for later.
- Meanwhile, peel and finely grate the ginger. Finely slice the white part of the spring onions (reserving the green tops), then finely chop the rest of the mushrooms (or blitz in a food processor).
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil into the pan, turn the heat up to medium-high and add the meat-free mince, finely chopped mushrooms, ginger and spring onion whites. Stir-fry for 20 minutes, or until the mince is gnarly and crispy, stirring occasionally.
- Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Finely chop the reserved spring onion tops, and scrub, trim and matchstick the carrots.
- Remove the pan from the heat, add the soy sauce, finely grate in the lime zest and squeeze over the juice.
- Drain the noodles and divide between warm serving bowls, spoon over the mince mixture and the reserved golden mushrooms, sprinkle over the carrots and spring onion greens and serve.
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