Beef Chow Mein - great beef mince noodle recipe!

• servings: 2 servings
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

200g/ 7 oz chow mein noodles (, or other thin yellow egg noodles or 3 ramen cakes, Note 1)

1 1/2 tbsp canola oil

2 garlic cloves (, finely minced)

200g/ 7 oz beef mince / ground beef (any fat %)

3 green onion stems (, cut into 5cm/2" lengths, white and green parts separated)

1 egg

2 cups green cabbage (, finely sliced, or Chinese cabbage)

1 carrot (, peeled, cut into thin batons)

1 heaped cups bean sprouts (~ 75g / 2 1/2 oz, Note 5 - storage tip)

Sauce:

1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce (or all-purpose soy sauce, Note 2)

1 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce (Note 2)

1 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce (Note 3)

1 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing, Note 4)

1 1/2 tsp white sugar

Pinch white pepper

1 1/2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch

3 tbsp water

Directions

Sauce - Mix ingredients in a small bowl then set aside. Some is used to flavour the beef, then the rest for the noodles.

Sauce thickener (cornflour slurry) - Mix the cornflour / cornstarch and water in a separate small bowl.

Prepare noodles per packet directions then drain.

Cook beef - Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan over high heat. Cook garlic for 10 seconds, then add the beef and cook until you can no longer see pink. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of the Sauce and the white part of the green onions. Cook for another 2 minutes to get the beef nicely caramelised.

Finish sauce - Mix the cornflour slurry into the remaining sauce.

Egg - Add the egg into the pan then mix it through the beef, it will sort of scramble. Egg makes the beef stick to the noodles better!

Cabbage & carrot - When the egg is mostly cooked, add the carrot and cabbage. Cook for 1 minute until cabbage starts to wilt.

Sauce & noodles - Give the sauce a quick mix. Add the bean sprouts, noodles and sauce into the pan. Toss well for 1 minute or until sauce is dispersed through the noodles. Add green part of green onions. Toss for another 1 minute.

Serve - Divide between bowls and serve!

Nutrition

• Calories: 664 kcal
• Total Fat: 30 g
• Saturated Fat: 8 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 149 mg
• Sodium: 1681 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 71 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6 g
• Total Sugars: 11 g
• Protein: 32 g