Quick & Easy Beef Chow Fun

Chewy rice noodles stir fried with tender beef in a savory sauce with vegetables and aromatics! This quick and easy beef chow fun is better-than-takeout and made with simple ingredients! A great main dish or meal for the whole family!

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Servings

Calories per serving 514 kcal

Ingredients

19 oz fresh rice noodles or see Notes below for substitutes
½ lb flank steak or see Notes below for beef substitutes
2 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
4 scallions chopped into 1-inch long pieces with green and white parts separated
1 cup mung bean sprouts or soy bean sprouts, washed and strained
3 cloves garlic minced

Beef Marinade

2 teaspoon cornstarch or potato starch / tapioca starch
½ tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry wine
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon white pepper or black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil

Noodle Sauce

1.5 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir-fry sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoon white granulated sugar

Instructions

Thinly slice flank steak against the grain on an angle into ¼-inch-thick pieces and transfer beef slices to a large bowl. Add marinade ingredients as listed above to the beef and mix well. Marinate for 15-20 minutes.
Then in a small bowl, combine noodle sauce ingredients as listed above and set aside.
If needed, microwave fresh rice noodles for 2-3 minutes at 60 second intervals or until soft and pliable. Gently separate them by hand after they've cooled down a bit.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Fry marinated beef in a single layer until cooked and slightly browned on edges. Remove and set aside.
With the residual oil in the pan, fry scallion whites only and garlic for 10 seconds.
Add remaining oil, rice noodles, and noodle sauce. Gently toss the noodles with the sauce using two spatulas lifting from the bottom.
Add cooked beef, bean sprouts, and scallion greens. Toss until everything is mixed. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Substitutes for Fresh Rice Noodles

Feel free to substitute the fresh rice noodles with:

10-mm Dry Wide Rice Noodle Sticks (use 225g / 8 oz for a serving of 5): Boil the dry rice noodle sticks in hot boiling water for 5-6 minutes or until al dente. Strain and rinse off with running cold water. Strain again and mix in 1 teaspoon of neutral oil to prevent the noodles from sticking to each other.
Fresh Rice Noodle Rolls (a.k.a Cheung fun): I recommend microwaving for 30-60 second intervals for 2-3 minutes until they're warm enough to peel apart by hand. Then either cut them into 1-inch-wide pieces and unravel them or split them down the middle by hand.

Substitutes for Flank Steak?

Or substitute with sirloin tip steak, tri-tip steak, hanger steak, top round steak, chicken, pork shoulder or jumbo shrimp.

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