Vietnamese Shaken Beef with Garlic Noodles

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1. 1

   In a bowl, combine the beef, olive oil, oyster sauce, maggi seasoning or soy sauce, minced garlic, sugar, and black pepper. Let it marinate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.

   💡 Overnight marination yields best results.

   beef 1 lbolive oil 2 tbspoyster sauce 2 tbspmaggi seasoning or soy sauce 1 ½ tbspminced garlic 2 tbspsugar 1 tspblack pepper 1 tspoilgarlicsoy sauce

   ⏱ 30 minutes▶ 0:31

2. 2

   While marinating, prep the bell peppers and yellow onion into bite-size pieces.

   💡 Cut the onion into quarters and then halve the larger pieces.

   bell peppers 2yellow onion 1

   ▶ 1:28

3. 3

   For the garlic noodles, melt one stick of unsalted butter in a pan. Add garlic and cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant.

   💡 The garlic can be left chunky.

   butter 2 tbspunsalted butter 1 stickgarlic

   ▶ 1:51

4. 4

   Add brown sugar, oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, chicken bouillon, black pepper, and a little dark soy sauce to the pan. Stir in the cooked spaghetti noodles and top with a handful of chopped green onions.

   💡 Use Asian-style chicken bouillon for the best flavor.

   oyster sauce 2 tbspsugar 1 tspblack pepper 1 tspspaghetti noodlesbrown sugarfish saucesoy saucechicken bouillondark soy saucegreen onions a handful

   ▶ 2:31

5. 5

   Heat oil in a chef pan on high heat. Add the beef in a single layer and sear untouched for 2 minutes. Shake the pan to flip and sear the other side for another 2 minutes. Remove beef and set aside.

   💡 If cooking a lot, do this in two batches to prevent steaming instead of searing.

   beef 1 lboil

   🔥 high heat → sear⏱ 2 minutes▶ 3:54

6. 6

   In the same pan, add the bell peppers and onions. Cook until softened, allowing them to char slightly.

   💡 Leave veggies untouched for a few minutes to get nice char marks.

   bell peppers 2

   ▶ 4:35

7. 7

   Add the beef back into the pan with 2 tbsp of butter. Turn off the heat and let the residual heat melt the butter to coat everything. Serve with the garlic noodles.

   💡 Do not skip the butter; the residual heat will melt it perfectly.

   beef 1 lbbutter 2 tbspgarlic

   ▶ 5:00

This recipe was organized from the source video's transcript. Amounts follow what the video presents. Source: Alissa Nguyen on YouTube