AKA 瑞士汁炒烏冬. A quick 15 minute stir-fry dish that you would usually see in Hong Kong restaurants! Sweet and aromatic, with a gleaming finish.
You may be thinking, “what in the world is Swiss sauce?” It actually has nothing to do with Switzerland. It all started back in either Hong Kong, or Guangzhou, where a foreigner came into a restaurant one day and came across a sweetened soy sauce chicken wings dish, and asked the waiter what it was. The foreigner misheard the waited and thought it was “Swiss wings” instead of “sweet wings”, and that was how the term “Swiss wings” was born.
Swiss sauce is actually a type of sweet soy sauce that’s made out of soy sauce, sugar, Chinese wine, and spices. It makes a great marinade or to stir fry noodles. Restaurants would usually use wide flat rice noodles, but I find that udon works even better for this dish. You can make your own Swiss sauce, but to save time, I opted to use a store bought version.
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Stir Fried Beef Udon in Swiss Sauce
Ingredients
Beef Marinade
- 300 g thinly sliced beef (ribeye, sirloin, or any steak for stir fry)
- ½ tsp shallot (minced)
- ½ tsp fresh ginger (minced)
- ½ tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Swiss sauce
To Cook
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- ½ large green bell pepper (sliced thinly)
- 2 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Swiss sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- A few cracks of black pepper
- 2 stalks of green onion (sliced to 1 inch pieces)
- 2 frozen udon noodles (soaked in hot water for 5 minutes)
Instructions
Beef Marinade
- Combine all the beef marinade ingredients together in a bowl and marinate the beef for 10 minutes. Set aside.
To Cook
- In a bowl, mix together the Swiss sauce and dark soy sauce. Set aside.
- In a heated wok/large skillet over medium-high heat, add in 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add in half of the sliced onions and marinated beef and stir fry until it’s 70% done. Set aside on a plate.
- Using the same wok over medium-high heat, add in the remaining 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add in the remaining half of the sliced onions to get rid of the brown bits stuck on the bottom of the wok. Add in the green bell pepper, udon, Swiss sauce mixture, and stir fry for around 2-3 minutes. Add back in the beef onion mixture, followed by the green onion, black pepper, and mix until everything is combined. Serve and enjoy!
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