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Nui Xào Bò Recipe: Beef Fried with Macaroni

Nui Xào Bò Recipe: Beef Fried with Macaroni

Hanna Tran Hanna Tran | Updated October 16, 2026

Nui xào bò is beef fried with macaroni, a simple dish that takes only three steps. Macaroni is a kind of noodle with a different shape: it looks like a small pipe. Some people find it easier to eat than noodles, because you only need a spoon, not chopsticks.

Nui Xào Bò Recipe: Beef Fried with Macaroni

Ingredients

  • 300 g macaroni
  • 300 g beef, sliced thinly
  • 1/2 cans of tomato sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 1 onion, sliced thinly
  • 5 branches of scallions, cut into pieces
  • 2 tomatoes, sliced thinly
  • 1 branch of lettuce, washed

For the marinade and seasoning

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • Cooking oil, for boiling the macaroni
  • 2 teaspoons seasoning

To serve

  • Soy sauce, chili sauce and pepper

How to make nui xào bò

1. Marinate the beef

Marinate the beef with 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons of oil, ¼ teaspoon pepper and the 2 cloves of minced garlic. Leave it to absorb.

2. Boil the macaroni

Bring cold water to the boil. Add cooking oil and the macaroni. When the macaroni is cooked and soft, take it out of the pot and cool it with cold water.

3. Stir-fry

Stir-fry the macaroni with 2/3 of the tomato sauce. Fry the onion and scallions with the beef until fragrant. Add the macaroni and stir it with the beef and onion, then season with 2 teaspoons of seasoning.

4. Serve

Spoon the macaroni and beef onto a plate and decorate it with the lettuce and the thinly sliced tomato. Serve hot with soy sauce, chili sauce and pepper.

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