McPhee's Chinese Beef Chow Mein

Name: McPhee's Chinese Beef Chow Mein
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 800 g Egg Noodles; 500 g lean Beef Sirloin steak; 10 chestnut/button mushrooms - (peeled, sliced); 3-6 Spring Onions (trimmed, cut into eye effect 2 cm pieces; 3 mixed bell peppers, (cut into julienne); 400 g Sugar snap peas; 3-6 Cabbage Leaves (Thinly sliced); 400 g Sugar snap peas; 2 small carrots (cut in julienne); 8 garlic cloves - (crushed); 400 g Beansprouts; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 4 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 4 tsp dark soy sauce; 8 tbsp Chow Mein sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar; 1/2 tsp White Pepper; 2 tbsp sweet teriyaki sauce; 2 tsp cornflour; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp Chinese Five Spice

The McPhee's Company @cook_30042731

Looking for the best Chinese takeaway dish to make for your love bird or to impress your family tonight? Well you'll be in for a treat because This Chinese/Scottish Beef Chow Mein Dish from The McPhee's Company is absolutely orignal and saucey delicious. Packed in with endless flavours, textures (Soft, Crunchy and sticky) and you can get one of your 5 a day in McPhee's modern version of Beef Chow Mein.

The McPhee's Company @cook_30042731

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Ingredients

15-30 mins

4 people

800 gEgg Noodles
500 glean Beef Sirloin steak
10chestnut/button mushrooms - (peeled, sliced)
3-6Spring Onions (trimmed, cut into eye effect 2 cm pieces
3mixed bell peppers, (cut into julienne)
400 gSugar snap peas
3-6Cabbage Leaves (Thinly sliced)
400 gSugar snap peas
2small carrots (cut in julienne)
8garlic cloves - (crushed)
400 gBeansprouts
4 tbspVegetable oil
For The Chow Mein Sauce Mix
4 tbsplight soy sauce
2 tbspsesame oil
4 tspdark soy sauce
8 tbspChow Mein sauce
2 tbspsugar
2 tbspRice Vinegar
1/2 tspWhite Pepper
2 tbspsweet teriyaki sauce
2 tspcornflour
1/2 tspBaking Soda
1 tspChinese Five Spice

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Steps

15-30 mins

1

If you're using dried egg noodles cook them as the instructions on the package. Heat 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil in a pan on medium/high heat. place the cooked noodles into the hot pan with the oil and mix though. set aside.
2

Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set aside.
3

Prepare the beef steak by trimming off any excess fat on the meat and cut into 2 cm thick slices. After that, place the beef strips into the Chow Mein sauce, cover it up on top in the container and sit it in the refridgerator to marinate for 10-15 but for better flavour you should marinate the beef in the refridegerator for two - six hours.
4

While the beef is marinating in the refridgerator, Prepare all of the vegtables by wash and cut as explained beside each veg ingredent
5

Once all of the veg and beef prepared, Heat the wok or pan over medium-high heat with 4 tablespoons of vegtable oil, Add the sliced and marinated beef. Flatten the beef and sear for 3-5 minutes and continue stir fry for another 1-2 minutes until fully browned and cooked.
6

Remove the beef from the pan onto a plate. add the crushed garlic in the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes until soften. add the carrots first, cook them for 4-5 minutes. Add the onions and pepper and then mix through, cook them for 3-5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and sugar snap peas, continue cooking 3-5 minutes until soften.
7

Add the cooked sliced beef, Beansprouts and spring onions in pan, stir through and continue cooking the beansprouts and spring onions for 2-3 minutes.
8

Add the egg noodles and the Chow Mein sauce, stir through and allow the sauce to cook and reduce by a third of the liquid. Make sure that chow Mein is piping hot or above 75oC.
9

Optional Presentation tip: When your Beef Chow Mein is ready, plated it up and place some prawns crackers around the mountain of chow mein and place some long length cut spring onions on top for decoration on the plate. Enjoy :)