Beef Chow Mein - Stir Fry Noodles with Beef

Easy homemade Chinese style stir-fry beef noodles

Beef Chow Mein is a classic Chinese stir-fried noodle dish made with thin egg noodles, beef, and vegetables in a savory sauce. In this recipe, I am making this delicious stir-fry beef noodles dish at home with minimal ingredients, making it budget friendly.

I am using eye fillet steak for this recipe, simply because they were on sale at our local supermarket, but you can use any cut of meat that is available to you. I am marinading the beef with baking soda, which tenderizes the beef, and cornstarch to give it that velvety texture.

INGREDIENTS

Eye fillet steak - 250g

Light Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp

Shaoxing Wine - 1/2 tbsp

Cornstarch - 1/2 tbsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Sesame Oil - 1 tbsp

Egg Noodles - 400g

Cooking oil - 2 1/2 tbsp

Onion - 100g

Bell Peppers - 100g

Scallions - 20g

Garlic - 5 cloves

STIR FRY SAUCE

Light Soy Sauce - 2 tbsp

Sweet Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp

Shaoxing Wine - 1/2 tbsp

Water - 2 tbsp

Cornstarch - 1 tbsp

White Pepper - 1 tsp

Main ingredients

Thinly sliced beef

Marinating the beef

Stir Fry sauce

Searing the beef

Stir frying process

Stir frying process

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

PREPARE INGREDIENTS

1. Slice one onion (100g)

2. Slice some red peppers (100g)

3. Chop some scallions (20g)

4. Mince 5 cloves of garlic

   (You can use any other vegetables that you have in your fridge)

STIR FRY SAUCE

1. In a small bowl, mix light soy sauce (2 tbsp), sweet soy sauce (1 tbsp), Water (2 tbsp), Shaoxing Wine (1/2 tbsp), white pepper (1 tsp) and cornstarch (1 tbsp)

2. stir it well and leave it aside.

BEEF

1. Thinly slice the beef (250g) against the grain. I am using eye fillet steak, but any cut of beef is fine as long as you tenderize the beef as per the recipe.

2. Marinate the beef with 1 tbsp of light soy sauce and 1/2 tbsp of Shaoxing wine. Then add 1/2 tsp of baking soda to tenderize the beef. It can produce a weird taste so make sure that you only put a little. Then add 1/2 tbsp of cornstarch to give it that velvety texture.

3. Lock the flavor in by coating the beef with 1 tbsp of sesame oil

EGG NOODLES

1. I am using fresh (not dry or frozen) egg noodles, also known as Hokkian noodles.

2. Cook them in boiling water for about 1-2 minutes to loosen the noodles. Remember noodles are already cooked, so if you cook them for too long, they will get soggy.

3. Draing the water and rinse them under cold water to avoid clumping.

4. Set the noodles aside to drain the excess water

STIR FRY PROCESS

1. Heat 1/2 tbsp of cooking oil in a large wok on high heat.

2. Add onions and red peppers, then saute for 4-5 minutes. Once they are cooked, remove them from the wok and set aside.

3. In the same wok (do not add more oil), add the marinated beef. Spread the beef in the work, and let is sear without touching for 2 minutes. Then stir-fry for another 1-2 minutes. Remove the beef from the wok and set aside.

4. Add 2 tbsp of cooking oil to the wok and sauté the garlic for 2 minutes.

5. Add noodles and stir well to coat noodles in the garlic oil. Then spread the noodles and let them sear for 2 minutes.

6. Add half of the stir fry sauce that we prepared earlier and mix well with the noodles. This process ensures that noodles are full of flavour.

7. Add beef and the rest of the sauce. Give it a quick toss to ensure that everything is mixed well.

8. Add onions, red peppers and scallions to the work. Mix everything well for 1-2 minutes.

9. And we’re done!!!

Hope you enjoy this recipe. Watch the full video on our youtube channel for detailed instructions.

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