This home-made beef lo mein is even better than what you can get at a restaurant. The best part is that you can change up the vegetables depending on what you have available in your fridge. You can also increase the amount of vegetables in your lo mein to make it healthier. Give it a try, and I bet this will make it into your regular rotation!
Ingredients
For the Beef and Marinade:
- 1 lb flank steak ribeye or sirloin
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
For the Sauce:
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tsp honey
- ¼ tsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp salt or to taste
For the Lo Mein:
- 1 pound spaghetti or lo mein noodles or your favorite gluten-free version!
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil divided
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 large carrot julienned
- ½ red bell pepper julienned
- 2 scallions thiny sliced green and white parts separated
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 cups snap peas
- 2 tbsp mirin
Instructions
- Slice the beef into thin strips against the grain. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, soy sauce, vegetable oil and baking soda and salt. Place the sliced beef in the bowl and toss to coat the beef. This step will make the beef tender and flavorful, with a shiny look. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Cook spaghetti or lomein noodles according to the package instructions, set aside, and toss with a little vegetable oil so that the noodles don’t stick together.
- Whisk together the soy sauce, honey, fish sauce, sesame oil and salt in a small bowl. Set aside
- Have all your vegetables prepared and ready to go, by placing them in the order you will add them to the pan or wok.
- Place your pan or wok over high heat until it’s smoking lightly. Add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil to coat the wok, and add the beef so it’s all in one layer on the hot wok surface. Sear each side for about 30 seconds so the beef is golden brown. Remove the beef from the wok and set aside.
- Add another tbsp of oil, along with the broccoli. Stir-fry for about a minute, or until the broccoli begins to turn bright green.
- Add another tbsp oil, and then add the snap peas. Stir fry for another 30 seconds, and then add the carrots and white parts of the scallions. Stir-fry for another 30 seconds, and then add the peppers and garlic. Make sure your heat is very high, and stir-fry everything together for another 30 seconds.
- Add the cooked noodles.
- Add the mirin, and toss the vegetables and noodles together. After the noodles are warmed up (about 30 seconds to 1 minute), add your sauce.
- Continue stir-frying and and tossing the noodles with tongs until the sauce is coating everything evenly.
- Next, add the beef (along with its juices.) Continue stir-frying until the noodles are heated through and everything is thoroughly mixed.
- Garnish with the green parts of the scallions.
