Beef Lo Mein
A Chinese dinner. Ready in about 40 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 40 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 0.4 lb beef Shopping tip: Usually flank or sirloin steak, sliced thin. Ground beef works too.
Fresh & other
- ⅓ egg
- 2 ½ tbsp starch
- 0.2 lb noodles Shopping tip: Chinese egg noodles (lo mein). Spaghetti works in a pinch.
- ⅓ cup onions
- ¾ tsp minced garlic
- ¾ tsp ginger
- ¾ cup bean sprouts
- ¾ cup mushrooms
- ¾ cup water
- ¾ tsp sugar
Sauces & oils
- 1 ½ tsp sesame seed oil
- 4 tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil (good for high heat).
- 2 ¼ tsp oyster sauce
- ¾ tsp soy sauce
Spices & seasonings (2): salt, pepper
- pinch salt
- pinch pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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STEP 1 - MARINATING THE BEEF.
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Add your beef, salt, 1 pinch pepper, ¾ teaspoon sesame oil, about 1 egg, starch,2 ¼ tsp of oil in a bowl.
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Mix.
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STEP 2 - BOILING THE NOODLES.
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In 18 cups pot add noodles to boiling water till the noodles are submerged.
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Boil on high heat for 10 seconds.
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After noodles is done boiling strain plus cool with cold water.
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STEP 3 - STIR FRY.
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Add 1 ½ tablespoons of oil, beef.
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Heat on high heat untill is medium cooked.
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Set the cooked beef aside.
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1, peapods, mushrooms, bean sprouts, minced ginger, minced garlic and Onions.5 cups of water until the vegetables are submerged in water in wok add 1 ½ tablespoons of oil.
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Add the noodles to wok.
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To make the sauce.
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Add oyster sauce, about 1 white pepper, 1 ¾ teaspoon of soy, sugar and teaspoon sesame seed oil sauce.
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Add the beef to wok and mix-fry.
On the side: Cucumber salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.