Basil & Black Pepper Beef with Egg Noodles
I love all kind of noodles, be them in the soup or just in stir-fry. Stir-fry is always the quick way to satisfy hunger. The ingredients could be anything you fancy. I do like to have prawns in my noodles. For a change, I made beef with basil in black pepper sauce to go with egg noodles.
If you don’t eat beef, chicken or pork could be the substitute. And if you want to make it a bit spicy, just add some freshly cut chilies in your stir-fry. Without wasting more time as I’m getting hungry by just looking at the picture, here’s the recipe:
For 2 persons
Ingredients:
150-200g dry egg noodles
2-3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
Some freshly cut red chilies
A good handful of Basil
300g of thinly sliced beef
2.5 tbsp dark soya sauce
0.5 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
Freshly ground black pepper
About 100ml water (about 1 tbsp to use with corn flour)
Some olive oil
1-2 tsp of corn flour
Method:
1. Cook the dry egg noodles according to the packet. About 2-3 minutes as they will be used later for stir-frying. Drain and set aside.
2. Make sure the wok/pan is hot. Drizzle some olive oil.
3. Put in the chopped garlic. Cook until fragrant. Then, put in the cut chilies.
4. After that, put in the sliced beef. Stir.
5. While the beef is cooking away. Mix Oyster sauce, Fish sauce, dark soya sauce and black pepper in the water.
6. Once the beef is almost cook, pour in the sauce mixture and give it a good stir.
7. Adjust your seasoning if needed.
8. To thicken the sauce a bit, mix the corn flour in water (about 1 tbsp). Pour in the sauce and stir. You will notice the sauce becomes less watery.
9. Put in the cooked egg noodles and mix well.
10. Served warm.
Basil and black pepper beef - something I have made before, the same combination. It’s delicious, isn’t it ? Yummy…
Love this recipe. I cook a lot of noodles, so this is next on the list. By the way, I owe you an apology fr never quite making the Meme you tagged me for. Small brain - so sorry!
Did you use normal sweet basil (as in Italian cooking) or Thai holy basil? I love the fragrance of holy basil but they are difficult to get hold of here
On the other hand I have a pot of sweet basil in the kitchen, heh. I love picking some off and scattering them in tomato soup.
tigerfish,
I love this combination. It’s a dish that is full of flavours
Mallika,
Don’t worry about the Meme that I tagged you. I’ve forgotten about that too! I just love noodles.. tasty with any combinations and quick to make!
Nilmrandra,
For this time, I used the normal sweet basil. And where I live, holy basil are only sold at Chinese/Vietnamese supermarkets unfortunately. It meant that I had to make a separate trip to get them. So, I settled with sweet basil.
If you have a pot of sweet basil, use them! I am not very good in growing basil at home, they survived for only a few weeks so I gave up
I once tried with holy basil, the difference is it gives slight pungent flavour than the sweet basil. With the chilies, it brings the whole SE Asia flavours. I think I like the dissimilarity of both!
i love this recipe. i don’t cook nearly enough noodles. i’ll probably go for a little spice/ chilli
sexy chopsticks!
What a hearty meal!
Andreea,
Good idea with the chilies if you love spicy food
Michelle,
Thanks!
Cindy,
Thanks for your comment
I really like the way you’ve used dry egg noodles here. I don’t use them as often as I should. I’ll definitely try this recipe soon with the Thai basil I’m growing this summer.
Christine,
Most of the time, I tend to use fresh egg noodles. But after I have tried this type of slightly flat dry egg noodles, I think they are just as good as the fresh ones. Or shall I say, they do have their characters that I really love 
Thai Basil is definitely a good idea. I think it will make this dish tastes more authentic - more SE Asian taste
Lovely and simple meal that satisfy your soul…
Just looking at the photo made my stomach playing ‘keroncong’ 
Thank you for sharing the infos of restaurants as well. I may try them next time I’m around in those areas.
pixen
Pixen,
Thank you for dropping by. I am glad that you find the information of restarurants helpful.
