Beef Chow Mein

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 79.

	this recipe	typical
fat	25%	4%
protein add	186%	100%
aromatics	97%	24%
vegetables and beans	214%	111%
salt	1%	0%
sweetener	21%	12%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

150 g	150 g (5.3 oz) dried chow mein noodles (or dried fine egg noodles)
41 g	3 tbsp neutral oil ((I like to use avocado oil))
300 g	300 g (10.5 oz) thin sirloin, skirt or flank steak (sliced thinly, against the grain *Tip 1)
2 g	1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 g	1/2 tsp black pepper
150 g	1 small onion (peeled and sliced)
6 g	2 cloves garlic (peeled and minced)
61 g	1 carrot (peeled and sliced into matchsticks)
60 g	1/2 green bell pepper (deseeded and sliced)
225 g	1/4 savoy cabbage (thinly sliced)
100 g	100 g (3.5 oz) beansprouts
8 g	1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch)
32 g	2 tbsp dark soy sauce
12 g	1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
32 g	2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
34 g	2 tbsp hoisin sauce
	90 ml (1/3 cup) beef stock
14 g	1 tbsp sesame oil
1 g	1/4 tsp white pepper
	chopped spring onions (scallions)
	sesame seeds
	chilli flakes

Method: 12 steps, published by www.kitchensanctuary.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“We made this tonight, it was so much nicer than buying the ready made mixed stir fry vegetable bags from the supermarket , It Was lovely and fresh and very tasty loved the chow mien sauce taste, thank you.” — a cook, 5.0★

“Excellent have made it twice now one as per original and next with chicken and different veg. This and your crispy sesame chicken with Asian sauce are family favourites Thanks Nicky” — a cook, 5.0★