Chinese beef and leek with noodles | Reader's Digest Asia

Ingredients

• 200 g (7 oz) lean rump (round) steak, thinly sliced across the grain
• 2 teaspoons cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five–spice
• 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
• 1 small leek, white part only, cut into matchsticks
• 6 spring onions (scallions), sliced diagonally
• ½ red capsicum (bell pepper), seeded and sliced
• 1½ tablespoons salt–reduced soy sauce, plus extra, to serve
• 1½ tablespoons shaoxing rice wine
• 100 g (3½ oz) rice vermicelli
• 1½ tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
• 1 long red chilli, seeded and finely chopped