Ingredients
1.5 kg piece of topside beef
Juice of 4 mandarins
⅓ cup soy sauce
⅓ cup hoisin
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 tsp cornflour
½ tsp white pepper
3 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks
400 g fresh thin egg noodles
2 bunches broccolini trimmed
Method
- Put beef in the bowl of a 4.5L-capacity slow cooker. Combine mandarin juice, soy, hoisin, brown sugar, cornflour, pepper, star anise and cinnamon sticks in a large jug. Pour over beef. Set appliance to low, cover and cook for 5 hours. Remove beef from slow cooker and transfer to a chopping board. Cover to keep warm. Stand for 10 minutes. Increase slow cooker heat to high and simmer sauce until thickened.
- Meanwhile, cook noodles following pack instructions. Drain and return to pan. Bring a separate saucepan of water to the boil. Add brocollini and cook for 2 minutes or until just tender. Drain.
- Slice beef, then divide noodles among serving plates. Top with beef slices, sauce and brocollini to serve.