Stir fry those noodles
My take on the stir fry inspired by many other people.
Ingredients
- noodles
- sesame oil
- spices: pepper, chilly
- veggies: broccoli, pepper, carrots, spring onion, mushrooms
- garlic, coriander, ginger, sesame seeds
- beef (sirloin today)
- soy sauce, Chinese vinegar, oyster sauce
The idea
Prep and cutting
the meat. Cut the steak in slices, marinate the meat with soy sauce, small amount of vinegar, pepper and oyster sauce
the veggies.
- Chinese Julienne the carrots (or just oblique cut): oblique cut first and then shingle them by turning them by 45 deg, like dominos!
- oblique cut the spring onions
- cut the broccoli into 6 wedges: put the broccoli with the stem up like a tree, and cut it into 6 equal parts
- cut the mushrooms, peppers
- bruise and break the garlic into tiny pieces (remove the inside part)
- oblique cut the ginger
- mince coriander: fold leaves, cut with horizontal cuts, turn minces leaves by 90 deg angle and repeat horizontal cut (only 2 delicate cuts)
Cooking
reverse sear the broccoli. Taken from this.
- put them into skillet by maximizing flat surface, sprinkle evenly with salt and drizzle with water
- cover and cook over high heat, without moving broccoli, until broccoli is bright green, about 4 minutes
- uncover and press gently on broccoli with back of spatula
- cover and cook until undersides of broccoli are deeply browned and stems are crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes
- uncover and turn broccoli so second cut side is touching skillet. Move any pieces that were on top so they are flush with skillet surface
- continue to cook, uncovered, pressing gently on broccoli with back of spatula, until second cut side is deeply browned, 3 to 5 minutes longer
- remove them
all the other veggies.
- garlic and chilly
- peppers
- spring onions and carrots
- mushrooms
- remove them
the meat and noodles.
- cook the meat with the sauce on medium or high heat
- add sesame seeds towards the end
- remove it
- let it rest while cooking the noodles
Once the noodles are ready, combine everything by adding the coriander.