Beef Chow Fun (干炒牛河)
A classic Cantonese Beef Chow Fun Noodles recipe (aka Gon Chow Ngo Ho) made with fresh ho fun rice noodles and tender flavorful beef slices! Instructions on how to use dried rice noodles to mak are also included.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 300 g flank steak ((or any type of steak, cut thinly against the grain))
- 2-3 stalk green onion
- 1/3 white onion
- 750 g fresh sa ho fun noodles ((1 package))
- 2 handfuls bean sprouts ((approx. 1 1/2 cups))
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp dark soy
- 1/2 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine ((or dry sherry))
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/4 tsp sesame oil ((optional))
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch ((optional))
- 5 tbsp light soy sauce ((low sodium))
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce ((optional, for color))
- 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
- 1
Wash the bean sprouts and set aside
- 2
Cut 1/3 of a white onion into slices and set aside
- 3
Wash the green onions and cut off the root ends. Cut the green onions into 2-inch segments. For the thicker parts of the green onions (the white parts) cut those in half lengthwise as well so they are easier to cook and not chunky. Set aside
- 4
Slice the beef against the grain, and place it in a bowl with the marinating sauce. Mix well and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- 5
Place the fresh noodles on a plate and microwave it for 1-2 minutes in 30-40 second intervals. At the 1 minute mark, try to loosen up the noodles with your hands. The noodles on the outer edge of the plate usually will soften up first. Loosen the soft ones first, and then put them in the middle of the plate so the non-softened ones can be on the outer edge of the plate to have a chance to get soft.
- 6
Once the noodles are a little soft and separated, set them aside to cool completely before stir-frying.
- 7
(If You Are Using Dried Rice Noodles) Soak the dried wide rice noodles in hot water for 6-8 minutes until they are pliable and can be easily bent, then drain the water and set it aside.
- 8
In a small bowl, combine all the sauce ingredients and set aside.(If You Are Using Dried Rice Noodles) - Add 1/4 cup of water to the sauce mix.
- 9
Set the stove to high heat and add a bit of oil to a non-stick frying pan or well-seasoned wok.
- 10
Once the pan is hot, add in the marinated beef and cook it for about 1-2 minute (No more than 2 minutes, you want the beef to be medium rare). Remove the beef from the pan and set aside for later
- 11
Clean out the frying pan/wok and add in a bit of oil. Once the oil is hot add in the white onion and cook for about 1 minute.
- 12
Then add in the noodles and the sauce mix at the same time and stir the noodles with the sauce. Use the sauce to soften up the noodles more, and keep moving the noodles around so that it doesn't stick to the pan. Cook it for about 1-2 minutes or until it looks soft.
- 13
Throw in the bean sprouts and green onions and the cooked beef and quickly toss it into the noodles and turn off the heat.
- 14
Continue to toss everything together and let the bean sprouts and green onions cook with the residual heat from the pan
- 15
Remove from pan and enjoy! :)