Beef and Mushroom Lo Mein
Total time: 30 minutes
One of the tenants of most Asian cuisines is that the food should be attractive: pleasing to the eye as well as the palate. One way to achieve this is to make certain that your ingredients are colorful; another is to cut the ingredients into varied shapes. This Lo Mein is as delicious as it is pretty.
Ingredients:
- 10oz (300gr) beef flank steak or any beef suitable for stir-frying, 300gr, 10.6oz
- 1 leek, 80gr, 2.8oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
- 1/2 green bell pepper, 80gr, 2.8oz
- 1 tbs minced ginger substitute 1/2 tsp powdered
- 1 rib celery, 50gr, 1.8oz
- 1 medium carrot, 90gr, 3.17oz
- 4oz (125gr) mushrooms, 125gr, 4.4oz
- spaghetti, about 1" (2.5cm) circle, 100gr, 3.5oz
- 1 tbs sesame oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 1 tsp soy sauce, 5.3gr, .19oz
- 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 1/2 cup beef stock, 112.5gr, 4oz
- 2 tbs sherry, 30gr, 1oz
- 1 tbs cornstarch (corn flour, Maizena) dissolved in, 8gr, .28oz
- 1 tbs soy sauce plus 1 tbs water, 16gr, .56oz
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- While pasta water heats: Cut the beef at an angle across the grain into bite-size strips.
- Mix 1 tbs sesame oil with 1 tsp soy sauce.
- Toss with beef and set aside to marinate.
- Clean and thinly slice leeks.
- Mince garlic.
- Mince ginger (peel first).
- Cut the pepper into matchsticks.
- Slice the celery and carrot thinly, at an angle.
- Clean and thickly slice the mushrooms.
- While pasta cooks: Heat 2 tsp olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and sauté 3 - 5 minutes, until they start to brown. Remove to a plate and set aside.
- Add 1/2 tsp oil and leeks to skillet, stir-fry for 3 minutes.
- Add garlic and ginger, stir-fry another 2 minutes. Remove leeks/garlic to plate with mushrooms.
- Add 1/2 tsp oil, carrot, pepper, celery to skillet and stir-fry 3 minutes. Remove to plate with other vegetables.
- Add beef to skillet and stir-fry 3 minutes, until brown.
- Return vegetables to skillet. Add stock and sherry.
- Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 3 - 4 minutes.
- To finish: Drain pasta.
- Dissolve cornstarch in soy sauce. Uncover skillet and add cornstarch mixture, stirring until thickened.
- Put pasta into a large bowl. Pour beef mixture over top, toss to combine and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search