12/08/2026
Mongolian Minced Beef Noodles
Ingredients
400 g slightly fatty beef mince
250 g fresh lamian noodles
2 spring onions, whites and greens separated
1 small brown onion, thinly sliced
½-inch ginger, grated
5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
Handful choy sum, chopped
3 dried chillies
Cornflour
Peanut oil
Beef marinade
2 tsp white pepper
2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
2 tbsp soy sauce
Pinch baking soda
Sauce
¾ cup chicken stock
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
5 tbsp regular soy sauce
To finish
2 tbsp cornflour slurry (1:1 cornflour and water)
1½ tbsp toasted sesame oil
Spring onion greens
Method
1. Mix beef with marinade ingredients and rest for 15 minutes. Lightly coat with cornflour.
2. Cook noodles according to packet instructions. Mix all sauce ingredients and set aside.
3. Get a wok piping hot with peanut oil. Add beef, leave untouched for 2 minutes to brown, then stir-fry until about 80% cooked. Remove.
4. Add more oil, then dried chillies, onion and spring onion whites. Add ginger and garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute.
5. Add noodles and toss for 20 seconds. Return beef, add sauce and toss over high heat for about 1 minute.
6. Add choy sum, spring onion greens and 2 tbsp cornflour slurry. Toss until glossy and thickened.
7. Turn off the heat, mix through toasted sesame oil and serve with extra spring onion greens.
Shoutout to The Woks of Life for the minced beef technique 👌🏽
