Ep1 Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Beef

Ingredients

• 240g frozen beef tenderloin (thawed, sliced)
• 300g fresh flat rice noodles 河粉 (separate the noodles if they clump together)
• Half an onion (shredded)
• a handful of bean sprouts 銀芽 (washed and drained)
• a handful of chinese chives 韮菜 (cut into shorter strips)
• a handful of hotbed chives 韮黃 (cut into shorter strips)
• 2 scallions (cut into shorter strips; green and white separated)
  

Beef Marinade

• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp rice wine
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp corn starch
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Sauce

• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce

Steps:

1. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and rice wine to the beef slices and mix well.
2. Add a tablespoon of water at a time and mix well until all the water is fully absorbed.
3. Add sugar and cornstarch and mix well.
4. Then add sesame oil and let it marinate in the refrigerator for half an hour.
5. Mix all the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
6. Heat half a rice bowl of oil in a wok over high heat until the oil temperature is about 190°C. Let the beef cook in the oil for 30 to 40 seconds. When the beef slices are cooked medium well, remove them fron the wok and drain the excess oil.
7. Remove the oil in the wok (the oil could be saved for other cooking). After wiping the wok clean, add new cooking oil and put the wok on high heat.
8. Sauté scallions, shredded onions, bean sprouts and hotbed chives over high heat until they are dry, crispy and fragrant. Remove them from the wok an set aside.
9. Add cooking oil and keep the high heat on. Add the rice noodles into the wok. Do not move the noodles and let them sit in the wok. ‘Pan-fry’ the noodles on one side for 30 to 40 seconds.
10. Toss the wok to flip the noodles and ‘pan-fry’ for another 30 seconds.
11. Add the sauce. Toss the wok a few times or use chopsticks to mix in the sauce.
12. Add the fried vegetables, chinese chives and scallions back into the wok. Toss or use chopsticks to mix.
13. Then add the beef back, toss the wok or use chopsticks to mix. Serve and enjoy.