Creative ideas to spice up leftovers in your refrigerator | ABC7 San Francisco

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Recipe featured:

Spicy Thai Beef Noodles with a cilantro, mint and ginger sauce
PREPARATION TIME: 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS

3 3/4 oz. rice noodles

4-5 medium button mushrooms

1/8 small red onion

1/4 red pepper

1/4 green pepper

1/2 tsp. garlic, minced

4 oz. leftover steak

2 Tbsp. olive oil

Pinch Kosher salt

Pinch black pepper, fine grind

6 Roma tomatoes

4 Tbsp. spicy Thai sauce

2 tsp. fresh mint, chopped

1 Tbsp. butter, room temperature

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Spicy Thai Sauce

1/2 tsp. fresh cilantro

1/2 tsp. fresh mint

1 tsp. pickled ginger

2 tsp. fresh lime juice

2 Tbsp. soy sauce

2 Tbsp. olive oil

2 Tbsp. sesame seed oil

¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

1 tsp. balsamic vinegar

2 Tbsp. honey

1 tsp. Tabasco sauce

¼ tsp. cayenne pepper

PREPARATION

Soak rice noodles in warm water for 10 minutes, then drain well and reserve. Cut mushrooms into quarters. Cut the red onion and peppers into 1/8"-wide julienne. Place the olive oil in a sauté pan set on medium-high heat. Add the vegetables and sauté for 3-4 minutes, then add the minced garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Cut the leftover steak into thin strips and add to the vegetable mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Cut the tomatoes into ¼" julienne and add to the beef with the Thai sauce and minced mint. Place the butter in another sauté pan set on medium-high heat. Add the rice noodles, season with a pinch of salt and pepper and cook for 1-2 minutes. Place the noodles in center of a plate and top with the cooked meat and vegetables.

Sauce: Remove the stems from mint and cilantro, then mince and place in a mixing bowl. Drain any liquid from the pickled ginger, then mince and add to the mixture. Add the remaining ingredients in the mixing bowl and blend with a hand blender for 10-15 seconds. Place in bowl and serve on the side.

Fleming's is offering a three-course prix fix menu on Mother's Day. The brunch will be offered at both Walnut Creek and Palo Alto locations.

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse website: www.flemingssteakhouse.com

Mother's Day celebration menu: www.flemingssteakhouse.com/MothersDay/default.htm