Take Your Home-Chef Status to New Heights with Lee Ho Fook’s Signature Beef Char Kway Teow

If your home-cooking aspirations are anything like ours, you’ve been inspired to recreate your favourite restaurant’s signature dishes time and time again. It's now easier than ever with meal-delivery provider Make-Out Meals, here to help elevate your home-cook status to new chef de cuisine heights. Your next date night or dinner party at home? Sorted, thanks to Make-Out Meals curated range of recipes from the best chefs in town.

With recipes and signature dishes from the likes of Coda, Mama Sita, Bomba, Tipico, and more, a crowd-favourite Melbourne diner has just joined the Make-Out Meals ranks.

Lee Ho Fook's head chef and owner Victor Liong has entrusted Make-Out Meals with a step-by-step guide to making his renowned dishes at home, with each kit including an array of his signature sauces and marinades.

His acclaimed dishes range from beef char kway teow to Sichuan kung pao chicken. We've scooped up the illustrious char kway teow recipe below for you to whip up ASAP.

Flex your culinary skills every single night of the week; Make-Out Meals is making cooking at home fun again. 

Celebrating 10 years of being one of Melbourne's most quintessential diners, Lee Ho Fook's new style Chinese menu takes you on a culinary journey, with the use of both traditional and modern techniques. Chef Victor Liong's beef char kway teow is a nice play on a Cantonese classic, and a favourite at Lee Ho Fook and Make-Out Meals. Enjoy the slippery textures, silky beef and garlicky vegetal crunch of this crowd-pleasing dish. The sauce works well in any noodle or meat stir-fry and keeps really well too. 

Cooking Time: 25 minutes 

Dairy Free Recipe

What's Needed:

Wok or frying pan, cooking oil, knife and chopping board

What's Provided:

Rump steak, beef marinade, char kway teow sauce, garlic cloves, bean shoots, kway teow noodles, sesame seeds and Chinese broccoli

Step 1. Marinade the Beef

Slice the beef into thin strips and place in a bowl with the marinade - mix well and set aside.

Victor Liong's Chef Tip: Marinade the beef overnight in the fridge if possible to achieve a deeper and more intense flavour.

Step 2. Prepare the Ingredients

Slice the garlic cloves into thin slices.

Slice the root off the Chinese broccoli, then chop the remaining part into thirds.

In a dry pan or wok over low heat, gently toast the sesame seeds for 30 seconds until lightly golden.

Step 3. Cook the Sauce

Heat a wok or large pan over high heat, then drizzle a generous amount of oil. Add the marinated beef slices and fry for 1-2 minutes until seared and well-cooked, then remove the pieces and set aside.

Quickly wipe the pan clean with some paper towel, then drizzle some more oil. Add the fresh noodles, lightly separating them with your hands as you drop them in.

Continuously toss it in the oil for 2-3 minutes - they should begin to further separate and soften in this time and begin to lightly char.

Next, add the bean shoots and Chinese broccoli and toss again until the bean shoots have settled beneath the noodles at the bottom of the pan. The steam of the bean shoots will help soften the noodles further.

Next, add the sliced beef back in along with the garlic and char kway teow sauce. Stir until the chives have wilted and the noodles have absorbed the sauce and become dark and glossy.

Step 4. Serve & Enjoy

Divide the noodles between bowls and garnish with the toasted sesame seeds. Tuck in!

It's not just Lee Ho Fook's Victor Liong sharing his famous recipes with Make-Out Meals; the country's finest chefs are dishing out their culinary best, with all special ingredients provided. So if you love the recipe above, you'll also love Lee Ho Fook's spicy and highly addictive kung pao chicken, La Tortilleria's fish tacos, or Laurus' Yu Xiang pork chop. 

Make-Out Meals brings a local flavour to the booming meal kit industry dominated by similar international companies like Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon. Prices start from under $9 per plate and are designed to be prepared within half an hour. The best part? The recipes are made so simple even the most novice cook can follow along, with restaurant-grade flavours even MasterChefs can appreciate!

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