# Cumin Beef Biang Biang Noodles

A recipe for homemade cumin beef biang biang noodles, inspired by Xi'an Famous Foods.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g AP flour
- 250 g water
- 10 g salt
- oil
- green onion
- Chinese chili flakes
- Sichuan peppercorn powder
- cumin
- sesame seeds
- salt
- minced garlic
- hot neutral oil
- steak, cut into thin strips
- baking soda
- soy sauces
- cumin
- cornstarch
- salt
- sugar
- Chinese cooking wine
- oil
- oil
- garlic
- ginger
- onions
- chili peppers
- green onion
- beef
- cumin
- chili flakes
- sugar
- msg
- Sichuan peppercorn powder
- soy sauce
- Chinese cooking wine
- cilantro

## Instructions

1. Mix together 500g AP flour, 250g water, and 10g salt for the noodles.
2. Knead, rest, and repeat until the dough is very soft.
3. Roll out the dough into a rectangle and slice out 6 portions.
4. Cover each piece of dough in oil and let it rest for a couple of hours.
5. When ready, roll out a portion of the dough.
6. Use a chopstick to indent the middle of the dough.
7. Biang the noodles out.
8. Tear through the middle indent of the noodles.
9. Immediately boil the noodles until they float.
10. Lay green onion, Chinese chili flakes, Sichuan peppercorn powder, cumin (optional), sesame seeds, salt, and minced garlic on the noodles.
11. Pour hot neutral oil over the noodles and mix.
12. Cut steak into thin strips for the cumin beef topping.
13. Marinate the steak with baking soda, soy sauces, cumin, cornstarch, salt, sugar, Chinese cooking wine, and lastly oil.
14. Fry the marinated steak in oil and strain it out.
15. Stir-fry together garlic, ginger, onions, chili peppers, green onion, and the beef.
16. Add a spice mix of cumin, chili flakes, sugar, MSG, and Sichuan peppercorn powder to the stir-fry.
17. Add soy sauce and Chinese cooking wine to the stir-fry.
18. Top with cilantro.
19. Add the cumin beef topping onto the noodles.
20. Slurp that up.

## Equipment

- chopstick

## Tips

- Don't skip the Sichuan peppercorn powder, it makes your tongue go num.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaP1HU86/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8c5b5e5e-dc01-448c-b631-1e683ed2a3ec
- Extracted: 2026-01-26

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