TOMATO BEEF CHOW MEIN RECIPES

Steps:

• Thinly slice beef. Mix marinade and beef together. Set aside.
• Mix sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Cook mein noodles in boiling water for 1-3 minutes. They cook fast. Rinse well with cold water and drain. Toss with 1 tablespoon oil so noodles won't stick together. Heat large nonstick skillet, glaze with oil and pan fry 1/4 of the noodles at a time. Put in very low oven to keep warm.
• Thinly slice onion and pepper set a side.
• Cut tomatoes into 1/2" wide wedges and set aside.
• Heat wok. add 1 tablespoon oil, swirl and add onions and peppers. Stir fry 2 minutes, then turn out of pan.
• Drain marinade off meat.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to wok, swirl, add meat. After 1 minute, add tomatoes and stir fry w/meat gently.
• Return veggies to pan and add sauce. Cook stirring until it boils and thickens. Sauce needs to be thick enough to glazes the noodles with out drowning them.
• Pour over noodles and enjoy.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl mix flank steak, oil, salt, pepper, garlic, ginger and cornstarch and set aside.
• Place tomatoes, onion and pepper into a container and set aside until needed.
• In a mixing bowl mix curry powder, cornstarch, sugar, catsup and water mix to form a roux and set aside.
• Place the noodles into a bowl and fill with warm water for a minute and drain.
• Heat up a large skillet and lightly coat with oil add half of the noodles and pan fry to a golden brown; place into a serving platter and repeat this step with the other half of the noodles. Reheat the skillet and coat with oil and in the beef mixture and sauté for minutes add in the tomatoes mixture and sauté for 2 minutes. Pour in the roux and mix well and when the mixture become thick and in the noodles and combine together.