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Cantonese steamed rice noodles with zha cai and beef

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  • 100 g Cantonese style thin rice noodles
Soak the rice noodles in hot water 10 minutes, or in cool water 30 minutes for this particular noodle; follow the package.
Slice the beef loin thinly into 1 inch strips about a chopstick thick.
  • 200 g beef loin
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp MSG
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp light soy sauce
  • ½ tsp dark soy sauce
Marinate the beef with the salt, MSG, sugar, cornstarch, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine and water, mixing until the water is absorbed.
  • 1 tsp liao zhuo wei ke
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 40 g jia cai
Mix in the jia cai, then coat with the peanut oil and set aside.
  • 1½ tbsp peanut oil
Drain the softened noodles well once they break up easily when pinched.
On a big steaming plate, mix the noodles with the salt, MSG, sugar, soy sauce and dark soy and spread them evenly.
  • salt
  • ¼ tsp MSG
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp dark soy
Top evenly with the beef, set the plate over a wok of boiling water on a steaming rack, cover and steam on high 8 minutes.
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • scallion green
Off the heat, drizzle with toasted sesame oil, sprinkle with scallion green and mix well before serving.