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to continue our noodle series will be
making beef chow mein hey busy peas it's
some and welcome back to honeysuckle
where we make the friendliest recipes
for busy bees like you so this month
we're doing a noodle series and you guys
chose beef chow mein for your choose
your own adventure in our Pad Thai video
I asked what video you would like to see
next
shrimp doodle shrimp scampi zoodles or
beef chow mein and you guys voted on my
IG stories and in the comments below
we're gonna do another
choose-your-own-adventure
for the next video so stay tuned till
the end if you guys are excited for
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thumbs up if you love chow mein we'll go
ahead and get started with our sauce so
if you notice in a lot of Asian noodle
recipes they start with the sauce
separately so that they can adjust and
make sure the sauce is just perfect when
they add it to the noodles here I'm
gonna start with two tablespoons of
oyster sauce if you're not familiar with
oyster sauce it's used in a lot of
Chinese and Vietnamese cooking it has a
little bit of saltiness like like a very
unique saltiness and a little bit of
sweetness in there and it's just very
balanced if you like to cook a lot of
Asian food Chinese or Vietnamese I
highly recommend you get oyster sauce
you can find it at any grocery store
these days I'll add it to my bowl it's
like a very salty Asian ketchup alright
next I have 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
then I have 2 teaspoons of sesame oil if
you like a more pronounced sesame oil
flavor in your chow mein go ahead and
add 1 tablespoon but I feel like this is
pretty balanced and then to round out
our sauce I have 1 teaspoon of brown
sugar and 2 tablespoons of water now
since I like my sauce to be a
little bit spicy I'm gonna add black
pepper for that like back of your throat
spicy cake it's not too spicy but it's
just perfect a lot about half a teaspoon
here my grinder grinds it pretty finely
so instead of using black pepper powder
in a traditional recipe I'm just using
this here but if you want to use the
really finely milled pepper powder you
can find it at any Asian market now I'll
give it up mix mix mix I'll just stir it
until the sugar is dissolved and the
oyster sauce has thinned out all right
the sauce looks good and at this point
go ahead and give your sauce a taste to
make sure it's to your liking make any
adjustments as needed so keep in mind
it's gonna be a little salty but once
you mix it with the noodles and the beef
and everything it'll be just right all
right I'm gonna set this aside and then
I'm gonna show you my noodles so here I
have some noodles that I've already
cooked off according to the packages
direction this is just your traditional
chow mein noodles egg noodles that's
super thin and I have a story I went to
the Korean market and I bought um chow
mein noodles that was eggless when I
cooked it off it became super mushy and
broke so this is take two on filming
beef chow mein I just didn't have a
ranch 99 or a different Asian market in
the area and I couldn't find this exact
same brand so if you guys are looking
for chow mein noodles really try to make
it out to an Asian market particularly
maybe ranch 99 or somewhere that has a
plethora of different noodle varieties
this one is the one I use and even if
you do find egg noodles chow mein
noodles make sure you find one that
steamed chow mien that's when the noodle
is pre steamed in the package and it
just has a more chewy texture it's
really good I'm really happy with this I
tested it yesterday and it was
perfection one more note because I'm
gonna be tossing the chow mein in the
wok later it's gonna be cooking a little
bit more I made sure to undercook my
noodles so that they don't get super
mushy all right so now that their
noodles are ready let's get cookin with
our beef chow mein so for this recipe
I'm gonna be using a big wok if you
don't have a wok just use your largest
frying pan and it'll work too and then
for this one I'm using my gas stove and
I'm just gonna light it use the hottest
heat that you have so if you have a
large coil burner use that one if you
have like one of those big ceramic I
used to have one of those those ceramic
burners use that one but just make sure
that you use the biggest and highest
heat that you have available so the
cooking process is gonna go super fast
you're basically quick searing the meat
and then just flash cooking the
vegetables so they maintain a very nice
crunch for the meat I'm using half a
pound of sirloin here that I've cut
myself make sure that you cut against
the grain so the meat doesn't get very
chewy when you cut like with the grain
the meat tends to be super chewy and
inedible almost so I like cutting my me
about this size so in my wok I'm gonna
add about 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil and
let it get really hot I'm using avocado
oil here because it has a really high
smoke point and the heats gonna be
really high I'll let it get hot and then
I'm gonna add my nice I'll season it
with a little bit of salt to taste
quickly stir it and then I'll have 3
cloves of garlic that I've already
minced 1 TSP of grated ginger continue
searing the meat and cooking it up then
I'll tossing 2 and 1/2 cups of broccoli
for the broccoli I like using broth
let because it just has more flavor and
I like it better the structure of it one
whole carrot that I've been we slice
half an onion that I've also thinly cut
keep tossing it keep mixing it so
nothing sticks to your wok I'm cooking
this for about one to two minutes until
the vegetables aren't just barely cooked
through now I'll add our noodles and
then our sauce keep tossing it keep
mixing it until the noodles absorb the
sauce and when the sauce is nice and
bubbly that's it we're done and that is
it that came together everything prep
been putting the sauce cooking the
noodles in less than 20 minutes the
noodles I only cooked it for 10 seconds
and then everything came together so
easily right would you guys try this at
home all right I'm going to serve this
now and we'll give it a try so this
makes about three to four servings of
chow mein I have two bowls set out
because beef chow mein is believe it or
not Nate's beer a Asian dish every time
we go to like a full restaurant he will
look for chow mein instead of ordering
but I'm happy that I can make it at home
now to get some nudes in there
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and then for the toppings I like to
spoon it and then put it on top just so
it's pretty and finally to garnish some
cilantro so even though this is beef and
broccoli chow mein I added in a carrot
to give it some color and it really pops
it makes it look so colorful and fresh I
can't wait to try it got a little bit of
everything in there I'm going in Wow
the meat was seared to perfection it
wasn't chewy at all the noodles were
perfectly al dente
and then the broccoli and carrots in
there still had its crunch I like my
vegetables still with a crunch when I
whenever I'm cooking anything really man
that was so good I hope you guys liked
this beef chow mein recipe comment below
if you guys have ever made beef chow
mein before and if you would give this
recipe a try I was thinking for our next
choose your adventure you guys did give
shrimp scampi zoodles a lot of love you
did and I will make it eventually but I
kind of wanted to throw a different idea
into the mix would you rather see shrimp
scampi zoodles for the next recipe or
would you rather see kimchi mac and
cheese that's a good one
comment below and let me know which one
you would choose and thank you so much
for watching I will see you guys on
Sunday for our next noodle recipe happy
March noodle madness bye
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