Ingredients

• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp clear honey
• ¼ cucumber
• peeled
• seeds removed
• finely chopped
• ¼ red pepper
• finely chopped
• 100g/3½oz egg noodles
• cooked according to packet instructions
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 50g/2oz peanuts
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp chilli flakes

Directions

• For the noodle salad
• put the vegetable oil
• soy sauce and honey in a large bowl and mix well.
• Add the cucumber
• pepper and cooked noodles
• season with salt and pepper and mix well.
• For the chilli nuts
• heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry the peanuts for 3-4 minutes. Drain off the oil and fry for a further 2-3 minutes
• then add the salt and chilli and stir well to coat the nuts.
• Put the noodle salad in a bowl
• sprinkle over the nuts and serve.