Chow Fun

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 lb flank steak, sliced thin across the grain
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon rice wine (or dry sherry)
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 8 ounces wide rice noodles or 8 ounces egg noodles (approximately)
• 7 tablespoons peanut oil, for frying
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 slice ginger, about the size of a 25 cent piece,julienned
• 1 tablespoon fermented black beans (vital for flavor see note. dow see)
• 1 tablespoon rice wine (or dry sherry)
• 1/2 medium onion, peeled & sliced
• 1/2 green pepper, cored and sliced into strips
• 1 cup fresh bean sprouts

Recipe

• 1 slice the meat into thin slices (if you freeze the meat for about 1/2 hour it makes it easier to slice).
• 2 mix the 4 marinade ingredients together and stir in the meat.
• 3 let marinate for 15 minutes.
• 4 mix the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
• 5 heat a wok or large frying pan and add 2 tbs.
• 6 of peanut oil.
• 7 toss the noodles about in the oil until they are very hot and begin to color just a bit on the edges.
• 8 remove to a serving platter and set aside.
• 9 heat the wok again and add 3 more tbs.
• 10 of peanut oil, along with the garlic and ginger.
• 11 stir fry for a moment and add the rinsed black beans and the wine (or sherry).
• 12 add and stir fry the onion and green pepper, just until very hot.
• 13 remove all to the serving platter.
• 14 heat the wok a 3rd time and add the remaining peanut oil.
• 15 when hot, add the meat.
• 16 stir fry until it begins to brown, and return the vegetables and noodles to the wok.
• 17 toss with the meat and then add the sauce.
• 18 toss until just heated throughout.
• 19 add the bean sprouts, and toss just a minute or so more, then serve.
• 20 note: if you can't get the black beans, you can substitute a tablespoon of black bean garlic sauce, which is usually easily found in the chinese food section of the supermarket.