This delicious dinner tastes better than take-out. Thinly sliced beef is marinated in a mixture of sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce and cornstarch. Then the beef is cooked until brown. Next onions, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini and cabbage are cooked in a skillet before adding garlic. Cooked Chinese egg noodles are added to the skillet with the beef and a sauce made of beef broth, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and cornstarch. Once the sauce thickens this delicious Beef Lo Mein is ready to eat.
Course
Entree
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Marinating Time10minutes
Servings8people
Ingredients
Beef:
1 ½lbsflank steakthinly sliced
1tspgranulated sugar
1tspsesame oil
4tbspsoy sauce
4tspcornstarch
Lo Mein:
2tbspvegetable oil
20ozfresh egg noodlesprecooked
1cupthinly sliced yellow onion
1cupshredded or julienned carrots
½cupthinly sliced celery
2cupsshredded cabbage
2tspminced garlic
½cupbeef broth
4tbsphoisin sauce
4tbspsoy sauce
2tbspsesame oil
4tspcornstarch
½cupsliced green onion topsonly the green part
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Beef:
Place the flank steak, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce and cornstarch in a bowl. Stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
Lo Mein:
Preheat oil in a large pan over medium heat.
Add the beef in a single layer. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side or until golden brown.
Remove the beef from the pan.
Add the onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms, zucchini and cabbage to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until just softened. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
Add the noodles to the pan, along with the beef. Toss to combine.
In a small bowl, whisk together the beef broth, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and cornstarch.
Pour the sauce into the pan and bring to a simmer. Cook for 1 minute or until sauce is thickened. Sprinkle with green onions and serve.