the.com/beef chow mein
Noodles doing cardio in a wok while beef gets all the glory
means A stir-fried Chinese-American dish of crispy-soft noodles tossed with beef and vegetables in a savory sauce.
from 'Chow mein' comes from the Cantonese 'chǎo miàn', literally 'stir-fried noodles' — 'chǎo' (to stir-fry) plus 'miàn' (noodles, wheat flour). It traveled west with Chinese immigrants in the 1800s-1900s and became a staple of Chinese-American menus, where 'beef' was simply bolted on to name the protein doing the starring role alongside the noodles.
- stir-fried, not boiled
- noodles pan-fried for chewy edges, not mush
- canton origin
- chow mein means fried noodles in cantonese
- flat vs crispy
- soft version steams, hong kong style stays crunchy
- beef placement
- sliced thin against the grain so it stays tender