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    Home » Recipes » beef and lamb

    Black Pepper Beef Noodles

    Last Modified: October 13, 2022 by Elaine| 6 Comments

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    A humble and easy homemade chow mein noodle with beef.

    black pepper beef chow mein|chinasichuanfood.com

    Every time when we visit Ikea on Friday, we are super happy to have 2-3 plates of the black pepper beef noodle. They use spaghettini and the dish is a very common Chinese style of chow mein noodles. All of my family members love the tastes. Then I figure out, spaghettini is the best substitute for Chinese alkaline noodle when making a bowl of yummy chow mein.

    black pepper beef chow mein|chinasichuanfood.com

    Cook’s Note about making tender beef slices

    1.  Mix oil before frying the beef can protect our sauces and starch.
    2. After spreading the beef strips to the pan, let them stay for around several seconds until the starch finish gelatinization, otherwise the marinating tissues might be separated from the meat. In addition, be gentle and quick in the whole process.
    3. The beef strips should be added at the very last of the noodle stir fry process, extra movement can cause the falling of the marinating coating and thus making the beef strips losing the tender juice texture.
    black pepper beef chow mein|chinasichuanfood.com

    About the noodles 

    Choose the right type of noodles. For common Chinese chow mein, they are two large groups, the first one is egg noodles (commonly used in Northern China and work perfectly with sauces). And the second is Cantonese Chow Mein, which is much drier and thinner, working best with crisper chow mein. The noodle I use this time is dried egg noodles. 

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    Steps

    Cook the noodles

    1.Cook the noodles| Heat a large pot of water to a boiling, add a small pinch of salt. Then place noodles in. Gently stir. Add around 1 cup of water when the water boils. Then it becomes simmer again, wait until it re-boils. Add around 1 cup of cold water (to help the surface shrinks ) and transfer the noodles out immediately. Strain to remove extra water.

    Black pepper beef noodles|chinasichuanfood.com

    Transfer the noodles to a large plate, add vegetable cooking oil or sesame oil. Mix well and let it cool down.

    Black pepper beef noodles|chinasichuanfood.com
    Fry it up
    1. Cut the beef steak into 1cm wide strips. Marinate with all the marinating seasonings for 15 minutes. Then mix in oil.black pepper chow mein|chinasichuanfood.com
    2. Add cooking oil in a large pan until the oil can evenly cover the bottom of the pan. spread the beef strips in. Let them stay for around 10 seconds and gently stir them several times until the beef strips change color. Transfer the beef out and leave around 1 tablespoon of the oil in.
    3. Fry garlic and ginger until aromatic. Fry green peppers and red onion until slightly soft. Place the noodles in. Add a small pinch of salt and soy sauce. Return beef strips back. Mix well. Spread freshly ground black pepper.
    Black pepper beef noodles|chinasichuanfood.com
    black pepper beef chow mein|chinasichuanfood.com

    Black Pepper Beef Noodles

    Elaine
    Beef chow mein made with spaghettini
    4 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 3 servings
    Calories 338 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 150 g beef steak of any cut, thinly sliced

    Beef marinating

    • ¼ tsp. salt
    • 1 tbsp. Chinese cooking wine Shaoxing wine
    • 1 tbsp. corn starch
    • ½ tbsp. light soy sauce

    Sauce

    • 2 tsp. sugar
    • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
    • 1 tsp. dark soy sauce
    • ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
    • tbsp. fresh grounded black pepper
    • 1 tsp. sesame oil

    Other ingredients

    • 2 servings egg noodles or spaghettini
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • 1 thumb ginger ,sliced
    • 2 green peppers , shredded
    • freshly ground black pepper to taste
    • ½ red onion , shredded
    • sesame oil for coating the noodles
    • 3 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil

    Instructions
     

    Cook the noodles

    • Read the directions on the package firstly and cook the noodle with 1 or 2 minutes less than suggested. Once cooked, drain and then drizzle sesame oil, mix well to separate the noodles.

    Fry it up

    • Cut beef into shreds. Add a small pinch of salt, cooking wine and then 1 tablespoon of the sauce. Mix well and then add starch.
    • Add cooking oil in a large pan until the oil can evenly cover the bottom of the pan. spread the beef strips in. Let them stay for around 10 seconds and gently stir them several times until the beef strips change color. Transfer the beef out and leave around 1 tablespoon of the oil in.
    • Fry garlic and ginger until aromatic. Fry green peppers and red onion until slightly soft. Place the noodles in. Add the sauce and return the beef.

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 338kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 11gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 769mgPotassium: 301mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 295IUVitamin C: 65.8mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1.4mg
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Coxina

      September 26, 2018 at 7:07 pm

      We are celebrating Heritage Day at my work place (school) and I thought of choosing China and its culture for my students as a country of study. I am very happy to find these simple and easy to make recipes.

      Reply
    2. Robert Weiss

      October 20, 2018 at 1:05 am

      Your text calls for 150 g of beef, but your recipe calls for 100 g.
      Which is correct?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        October 20, 2018 at 8:07 am

        Robert,
        It should be 150g.

        Reply
    3. Sonja

      March 23, 2020 at 7:34 pm

      4 stars
      Hi Elain,
      I made this recipe yesterday and enjoyed it a lot. Thank you for sharing it with us.
      But I do have one question. In the recipe for the sauce you do mention "tbs. black pepper", however the amount is not mentioned.How much black pepper should be used in the sauce?

      Please keep up the great work and stay safe in this challenging times.
      All the best

      Reply
    4. Yeshi

      April 25, 2020 at 11:24 pm

      The above recipie for beef marinating asks for soy sauce the below instructions asks for cooking wine, so which is it?

      Reply
    5. Michael

      February 06, 2023 at 7:30 pm

      Hi,

      I'm also wondering about the amount of black pepper in the sauce. It says "tbsp black pepper", but not how many (or just a half)?

      Reply

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