Beef Stir-Fry Noodles with Vegetables

You want to learn how to make a quick and easy beef stir-fry noodle dish? Look no further. Here’s a simple, yet delicious recipe my family has been using for years! You’re essentially just throwing the ingredients together and frying it in a wok.

What is it:

This dish consists of egg noodles that are fried in a wok with beef and various vegetables. It’s a simple dish that originated in China. I like to use pre-made egg noodles and mix them with various meats and vegetables. Aside from using egg noodles, I often add beef, beansprouts, pak choi, garlic and onions to my stir-fry. But this highly depends on the vegetables I have available.

Alternative ingredients:

Because egg noodle stir-fry is a simple and easy dish to make, you can use most vegetables and meat to accompany it, such as:

Meat: 

• Chicken
• Duck
• Char siew
• Beef

Vegetables:

• Pak choi
• Carrots
• Cabbage
• Bean sprouts
• Broccoli
• Mushrooms

Why I like this beef stir-fry:

Egg noodle stir-fry is one of the simplest, yet tastiest dishes to cook. I prefer making my own egg noodle stir-fry because I can add all the ingredients I like. When I get this dish from a Chinese Takeaway, it always seems westernised and has ingredients in it that I’m not too fond of. 

Coming from a Chinese household, I feel like oyster sauce is definitely a condiment that is under appreciated. It has this really unique taste that can really change your dish. I like adding it to the stir-fry – it gives it a darker colour and makes it taste amazing! 

Hints and Tips:

• After you cook the egg noodles, you should immediately drain them and cool them with cold water. This stops the residual heat from cooking the noodles further.
• If you want to stop the eggs noodles from sticking to each other, add a few drops of oil  to the drained noodles. 
• If you don’t want overcooked beef/meat, cook the sliced meat first and then leave it on a separate plate. Add the beef to the stir-fry once everything else has been cooked and mixed. 

Similar dishes include:

• Chinese white radish cake (Lor Bak Go)
• Yummy Hainanese Chicken Rice
• Crispy Spring Rolls

Beef Stir-Fry

Recipe by YvonneCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Ingredients

• 3 egg noodle cakes (around 180g)

• 1 medium onion

• 2 garlic cloves

• 200g bean sprouts

• 1 chicken stock cube

• 2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1 small carrot

• toasted sesame seeds

• 1 green vegetable (e.g. bak choi, cabbage etc.)

• Beef Marinade

• 200g beef

• 1 tbsp light soy sauce

• 2 tsp sesame oil

• 2 tsp corn flour

• 2 tsp rice wine

Instructions

• Beef Marinade
• Cut the beef into thin strips.
• Prepare the marinade by mixing the light soy sauce, sesame oil, corn flour and rice wine together.
• Add the beef to the marinade and leave for 30 minutes.
• Preparation
• Cut the bak choi into 2cm pieces and julienne the carrot.
• Slice the brown onion.
• Crush two cloves of garlic.
• Cooking
• Boil water and add egg noodle cakes. Cook for 8 minutes and then drain.
  Tip 1: I like to rinse the cooked noodles under cold water to stop them from cooking in their residual heat
  Tip 2: I also add a couple of drops of oil into the drained noodles to stop them from sticking
• Heat up two tablespoons of cooking oil in a frying pan/wok.
• Fry garlic and onion until just browned.
• Add the beef and stir-fry for two minutes.
• Add the bean sprouts, bak choi and julienne carrot. Stir-fry for further three minutes.
• Add the egg noodles and oyster sauce and mix thoroughly for another two minutes.
• Serve the stir-fry and garnish with sesame seeds. Enjoy 🙂