beef chow mein
Chow mein is a stir-fried noodle dish and is one of the most popular dishes in China. The most common noodles used in various chow mein dishes is egg noodles. This recipe comes from a friend in Sichuan, China. (I doubled the recipe so the photos show more than what is stated in the ingredients.)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Stir-Fry
yield
2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup flank steak, cut into 2 inch long strips
- 3 bell peppers, 1 red, 1 green, 1 yellow
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 250 grams egg noodles, fresh or dry, (8 oz)
- FOR THE BEEF MARINADE
- 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 dash ground black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- FOR THE STIR-FRY SAUCE
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon shaoxing rice wine
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
How To Make beef chow mein
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Step 1In a small bowl, add the Beef Marinade Ingredients and stir together, then add the beef strips. Stir in one direction until the beef become slightly sticky. Set this aside.
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Step 2In another small bowl, add all the Stir-fry Ingredients, mix together, then set this aside.
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Step 3For the bell peppers, cut each pepper from stem end to the bottom. Set one half of each color aside, and wrap the other halves in plastic wrap and place back in the fridge, you will only be using half of each. Remove the seeds.
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Step 4Cut each pepper half into thin strips. Cut the onion in half from top to bottom, thinly slice each half and separate the pieces. Mince the garlic.
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Step 5In a saucepan, add enough water to cover the noodles, bring to a boil, then add the noodles, fresh noodles takes about 3-4 minutes, for dry noodles, cook until just tender. For fresh, just drain, for dry, drain and rinse under cold water.
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Step 6In a wok, wok pan, or large skillet, heat the 3 tablespoons of oil on medium high heat, add the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Increase heat to high then add the beef mixture and stir-fry for 30-50 seconds. Remove beef to a bowl, leaving the liquid in the pan.
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Step 7Add the peppers and onions, stir-fry until until just softened but crisp.
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Step 8Add the noodles, beef, and Stir-fry Sauce to the pan. Mix together well, remove from heat.
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Step 9Serve hot, and enjoy.
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