Spicy Rice Noodle And Cucumber Salad

Rice noodles are a shortcut dream as you don’t have to cook them – a quick soak in hot water and they're good to go. They’re also an excellent vehicle for strong flavours as they don’t have much flavour of their own. Biang biang-style hand-pulled noodles are so delicious, soft, chewy, spicy and very satisfying – and this recipe is enough for two, but can be very easily doubled. For a more authentic take on the hand-pulled noodles use fresh lasagne sheets cut into thick strips and boiled in a saucepan of water with a little bicarbonate of soda to give them a little chew.