Author
blucouscous
Category
LOW GI
Date
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Yields
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pearl couscous
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 200 g steak, e.g. sirloin or rump, trimmed
- 100 g green beans
- 1 small carrot
- 1/2 clove garlic, chopped
- 1/4 red capsicum
- 50 g bean shoots
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 drops sesame oil
- 1/2 small red chilli, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon yellow box honey
- 1/2 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp chopped peanuts
- 3 tbsp finely sliced coriander leaves
- 3 mint leaves, finely sliced
- 1Bring 2 cups of water to the boil in a medium saucepan. Add the pearl couscous and cook for about 10 minutes. Drain and cool under the tap, then place in a bowl.
- 2Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and cook the steak on each side for 3-4 minutes. Transfer the steak to a plate.
- 3Cut the beans, carrot and capsicum into very fine strips. Drop the vegetable strips into a large pot of boiling water and cook for 2 minutes. Add the bean shoots, then after 10 seconds transfer all the vegetables to a pot of cold water to cool, then drain.
- 4In a large bowl, mix the lime juice with the fish sauce, sesame oil, chilli, honey and garlic.
- 5Cut the steak into fine strips and toss the meat in the dressing. Add the pearl couscous, the vegetables, peanuts, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Toss well and serve.
