How To Cook Beef Lo-Mein

 

Ingredients

• 600 grams cooked egg noodles
• 375 grams tender meat cut
• 5-6 mushrooms, sliced
• 3-4.5 spring onions, cut into 2" pieces)
• 1.5 red bell pepper, cut into small cubes
• 3-4.5 cabbage leaves, cut into thin slices
• 9 - 10 snow peas
• 1.5 carrots, julienned
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Sauce mix

• 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1.5 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 teaspoons dark soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1.5 tablespoon sugar
• 1.5 tablespoon shaoxing wine
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Beef marinade

• 1.5 tablespoon sauce mix
• 1.5 teaspoon corn starch
• 0.38 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Blanch the egg noodles with hot water for 2 minutes. Drizzle a bit of sesame oil. Mix it well and set aside. 
   
   
   
2. Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set it aside. 

   

   
   
3. Prepare all the vegetables, wash them and cut them up into slices. Cut the beef meat into thin strips against the grain. 
4. Marinate the beef strips with a tablespoon of the sauce mixture for 10-15 minutes and set it aside. 

   

   
   
5. Heat the wok or pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil. 
6. Add the beef slices. Flatten it and sear it for 1-2 minutes. Continue to stir-fry it for another 1-2 minutes. 

   

   
   
7. Follow with the vegetables. Start with the hard one first so I chose the cabbage leaves. 

   

   
   
8. Next, the snow peas, carrots, mushrooms and the red bell pepper. 

   

   
   

   
   

   
   
9. Mix and cook the vegetables together with the beef slices for 1-2 minutes. 

   

   
   
10. Make a space in the middle of the wok. Add the noodles and pour the sauce mixture in. 

    

    

    

    
    
11. Toss all the ingredients and noodles well to combine evenly for 2-3 minutes untill it is cooked through. 
12. Remove from heat and transfer it to serving plates. Top it off with extra chopped spring onion. 

    
    
13. Serve it immediately. Enjoy!