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Beef Cantonese Chow Mein

Tom Fong
A popular Cantonese pan fried noodle dish with sauce, vegetables and meat served on top.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 7 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Cantonese
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 cups pan fried or Cantonese noodles
  • vegetable Oil to coat pan
  • 1.5 cups sliced beef
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • ¼-½ cup broccoli
  • 1/8 cup water chestnuts
  • 1/8 cup bamboo shoots
  • 1.5-2 cups celery
  • ¼ cup pea pods
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • ¾ teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup corn starch + water mixture (Note! Dissolve and whisk cornstarch into warm water and set aside)
  • dash of soy sauce
  • dash/drop of sesame oil (Not too much!)

Instructions
 

  • Blanch noodles in hot water, cooking them for about 30 seconds.
  • Heat up a pan or cast iron pan on stovetop on high (around 400 degrees). Add the cooked noodles and cook for 30-45 seconds and then flip them. Shut off the heat on the burner and keep moving the noodles so they do not burn, cooking around 175 degrees. The noodles will become crisp. Put pan aside.
  • Heat up a wok on high. Add oil to coat pan. Once it’s heated, add sliced beef and stir fry for about 20 seconds, continuously flipping the beef.
  • Add garlic and broth.
  • Add broccoli, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and celery. Bring broth to a boil.
  • Once it’s boiling, add bean sprouts and peapods. The boil may stop for a moment.
  • Add sugar, salt, and MSG into ladle.
  • Once the mixture is boiling again, add the ladle of ingredients. Add a dash of soy sauce to wok.
  • Whisk cornstarch mixture again to move the cornstarch from the bottom of bowl. Once it’s mixed again and has a glue-like consistency, add to wok.
  • Mix the broth while it boils. It will turn into a gravy.
  • Once the gravy looks ready, turn heat off burner.
  • Add noodles to plate. Ladle meat and veggie mixture on top of noodles.
  • Enjoy your Beef Cantonese Chow Mein!

Notes

  • You can substitute the pan fried noodles with rice or chow mein noodles.
  • You can also substitute sliced beef with chicken or shrimp, roast pork or more vegetables.