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Easy and quick homemade Beef Chow Fun Noodles are delicious, authentic, and taste just like Chinese takeout. You can make and enjoy the best healthy stir fry at home for a fraction of the cost and a lot healthier.
What Are Beef Chow Fun Noodles
This ultimate beef chow fun noodles recipe is made from fresh flat rice noodles and stir-fried with beef, bean sprouts, and green onion, and tossed well with a flavorful seasoning sauce.
The rice noodles are cooked over high heat in a wok and bring the final dish an umami flavor of “wok hie” (breath of wok). It’s absolutely delicious and irresistible.
Why This Recipe Works
Everyone loves greasy Chinese rice noodles stir-fried with vegetables and this is the best and easiest recipe to try at home. It requires only a few everyday ingredients and takes less than 30 minutes to make. It’s perfect for busy weeknights.
Beef chow fun noodles are one of the favorite takeouts from Chinese restaurants. This recipe will help you to make an authentic and tasty stir-fry rice noodles dish for a fraction of the price.
It’s also a healthy stir-fry noodles recipe for noodle lovers, which is prepared with less salt and oil, but the final result is still amazing.
Recipe Ingredients
Flavorful beef chow fun noodles call for these ingredients:
- Beef tenderloin
- Fresh flat rice noodles
- Oil
- Garlic
- Fresh bean sprouts
- Green onion (scallion) or yellow chives
For the beef marinade, you will need four ingredients which include soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese rice wine or sherry, and cornstarch.
The seasoning ingredients for this recipe are soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Beef Chow Fun Noodles
First, marinate the beef with all marinade ingredients for 15 minutes.
Next, loosen up the fresh flat rice noodles before stir-frying them in the wok. Prepare the seasoning sauce in a small bowl by mixing all the ingredients together.
Heat the oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until light brown and aromatic. Add beef and stir-fry until they are half-cooked, and then follow with the bean sprouts, flat rice noodles, and the seasonings.
Keep cooking the noodles until the seasonings are completely combined, then add green onion. Give the final dish a quick toss. Dish out and serve immediately.
Cooking Tips
For the best result, please follow my tips:
- Marinate the beef for 15 minutes or longer to get all the flavors from the marinade.
- Loosen the fresh flat rice noodles before cooking them so they won’t clump together.
- Quickly stir-fry the beef chow fun noodles over high heat to have the best result.
- Do not cook the chow fun noodles for too long or they will lose their chewiness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, it’s sometimes hard to find fresh flat rice noodles in local grocery stores. You may also use dried rice noodles to make this tasty beef chow fun noodles without a doubt. Cook the dried rice noodles according to the instruction on the package and follow the recipe for the rest.
Chow mein and chow fun are two most loved noodles recipes in Chinese recipes; however, they are made with different noodles. Chow mein is usually made with yellow egg noodles, while chow fun is made with rice noodles, fresh or dried.
This recipe has 1008 calories per serving.
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Beef Chow Fun Noodles
Ingredients
- 4-6 oz (125-175 grams) beef tenderloin, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 lb (500 grams) fresh flat rice noodles
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup fresh bean sprouts, ends trimmed
- 1 oz (30 grams) green onion (scallion) or yellow chives, cut into 2 inches lengths
Marinade
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or sherry
- 1 heaping teaspoon cornstarch
Seasonings
- 2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Add the beef slices, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese rice wine, and cornstarch to a bowl. Marinate for 15 minutes.
- Loosen the flat rice noodles completely to prevent them from clumping together.
- Add all the seasoning ingredients to a small bowl and mix well. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until light brown and aromatic. Add the beef and stir-fry until it is half-cooked. Then add the bean sprouts, flat rice noodles, and the seasoning mixture.
- Toss the flat rice noodles with a spatula or chopsticks until the seasonings are well combined. Continue stir-frying for another 1-2 minutes, until the noodles are slightly charred. Finally, add the green onion or yellow chives and stir-fry for another 10 seconds.
- Turn off the heat and transfer the beef chow fun noodles to a serving platter. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- Marinate the beef for 15 minutes or longer to get all the flavors from the marinade.
- Loosen the fresh flat rice noodles before cooking them so they won't clump together.
- Quickly stir-fry the beef chow fun noodles over high heat to have the best result.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can the meat be left to marinate overnight?
Hi Paul. It is best not to marinate the meat for more than 4 hours, as the soy sauce will start breaking the proteins down and make the meat mushy.
Just wanted to drop a quick thank you for your Beef Chow Fun Noodles recipe! :) Tried it last night, and it was a delicious twist to our usual dinner routine. The flavors were fantastic, and it was surprisingly easy to make.
Connie Perry
http://www.lovemyinstantpot.com
Any tips on separating the fresh rice noodles? Every time I try they just crumble and turn to mush.
Hi Joyce, you would have to patiently separate each layer to loosen the flat noodles. It does take a bit of time, but it’s worth it.
Do you ha e to use fish sauce? Can you skip it?
You can skip.
THIS IS FOR DINNER TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECIPES. MARY
:)