Name: Beef Chow Fun
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine, saké, or other cooking wine; 10½ ounces (300 g) flank steak, preferably semi-frozen; 4 tablespoons canola oil, divided; 3 green onions; 1¼ cups (300 ml) bean sprouts; 1 pound (450-500 g) wide rice noodles; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ yellow onion, sliced; 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; ½ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Slurp

By Dennis Yen

Published 2024

About

Beef chow fun is an incredibly popular Cantonese wok dish. Every time I find it on a restaurant menu, I’m filled with joy. Wide rice noodles are stir-fried in a hot wok along with a delicious sauce, tender and juicy beef, and crisp bean sprouts. It’s easiest to slice the beef if it’s semi-frozen, so I recommend you plan ahead and place the meat in the freezer for two hours before working with it. I also like to soak the sliced meat before cooking it to draw out the myoglobin (the protein th