A humble and easy homemade chow mein noodle with beef.

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.

Cook’s Note about making tender beef slices

1. The vegetable oil should be mixed just before frying. The cold oil will protect our sauces and starch.
2. After spreading the beef strips to the pan, let them stay for around 5-6 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. If you use a larger pan, you may need more oil to cover the bottom. After frying the beef strips, transfer the extra oil out and leave any around 1 tablespoon of oil in to fry the onion and peppers.
4. 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.

Steps

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.

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

1. Cut the beef steak into 1cm wide strips. Marinate with all the marinating seasonings for 15 minutes. Then mix in oil.
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 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.

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Black Pepper Beef Noodles

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Beef chow mein made with spaghettini

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: 3 servings

Calories: 430 kcal

Author: Elaine

Ingredients

• 150 g beef steak of any cut, thinly sliced

Beef marinating

• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tbsp. oyster sauce
• 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp. ground pepper
• 1/4 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 tbsp. Chinese cooking wine Shaoxing wine
• 2 tsp. corn starch
• 1 tsp. sesame oil

Other ingredients

• 200 g spaghettini approximately half a pack
• 1/2 tbsp.dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 red onion cut into small pieces
• 2 bell peppers cut into small pieces
• freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Cook the noodles

1. Read the directions on the package firstly and cook the noodle with 1 or 2 minutes less than suggested. Once cooked, transfer to a strainer, rinsing under running water until cooled down and slightly drain.

Fry it up

1. Cut the beef steak into 1cm wide strips. Marinate with all the marinating seasonings for 15 minutes.
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 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.

Nutrition Facts

Black Pepper Beef Noodles

Amount Per Serving

Calories 430 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9g 14%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 23mg 8%

Sodium 955mg 40%

Potassium 480mg 14%

Total Carbohydrates 67g 22%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 11g

Protein 17g 34%

Vitamin A 49.7%

Vitamin C 126.8%

Calcium 3.8%

Iron 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.