Beef Chow Mein

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 750 g thick rump steak, cut into thin strips
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon satay sauce
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 250 g egg noodles
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 125 g small mushrooms, sliced
• 125 g bean sprouts
• 1 red pepper, sliced
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 onions, cut into wedges
• 2 tablespoons extra oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 teaspoons cornflour
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 mix together one tablespoon of soy sauce along with the chilli sauce, sate sauce and dry sherry.
• 2 marinate the beef in this mixture for 60 minutes.
• 3 while you are waiting for the beef to marinate, mix up the ingredients for the oyster sauce.
• 4 when the beef is nearly done marinating, add the egg noodles to a large quantity of boiling water and cook for five minutes or until tender.
• 5 heat one tablespoon of the oil in a wok along with the rest of the soy sauce and fry the drained noodles for two minutes.
• 6 set aside and keep warm.
• 7 heat the remaining oil and stir fry the veggies, starting with the onions and celery.
• 8 when done, set aside.
• 9 put the extra oil in the wok and when hot, add half the meat and fry just until it changes colour.
• 10 do the rest of the meat in the same way.
• 11 place the oyster sauce in the pan with all the meat.
• 12 toss until boiling, add the vegetables and toss again.
• 13 serve over the egg noodles.