Chicken Chow Mein
This easy recipe for chicken chow mein is a great way to combine your appetite for wonderful Chinese flavors with a healthy stir fry.
Equipment
- 1 wok or large, deep frying pan
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound egg noodles, dry
- 1 1/2 cups chicken, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon ginger root, , grated
- 1 onion, medium, coarsely chopped
- salt to taste
- 2 cups celery, sliced diagonally
- 1 1/4 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts, sliced (optional)
- 1/2 cup red pepper, or green, sliced
- 1 cup bean sprouts, or 1 1/2 cup shredded cabbage
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, (optional)
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 green onions, chopped
Instructions
- Place the chicken pieces in a small bowl and add the grated ginger and 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to it. Let it sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
- Prepare and slice all of the other vegetables.
- Cook the noodles in salted boiling water and drain them in a colander, running cold water over the noodles to remove excess starch from them. Set the noodles aside until you are ready to add them to the chow mein.
- Heat the oil and sesame oil in a wok almost to the smoking point (so quite hot).
- Add the chicken, ginger, onions and salt and stir fry for three minutes, stirring often. Then add the celery, cabbage (if using) and peppers. Stir fry briefly, cover the wok, and cook the ingredients for two more minutes.
- Remove the cover from the wok and add the water chestnuts, mushrooms, oyster sauce and soy sauce, and cook for three minutes longer, with wok uncovered, stirring the ingredients often. When the vegetables are almost cooked, add the bean sprouts. Cook for 1 minute longer.
- Mix in the drained egg noodles, and stir everything together thoroughly. Serve topped with the chopped green onions.
- Serves 4 to 6
Notes
Notes and Variations:
Use egg noodles in this recipe, not macaroni. Macaroni does not contain egg and will breakup when stir fried for chow mein.
Change it up! Substitute shrimp or pork for the chicken meat above or for a super deluxe chow mein, use 1/2 shrimp and 1/2 chicken. Or 1/3 chicken, 1/3 shrimp and 1/3 pork (Chinese barbecue pork would be wonderful in this chow mein recipe).Nutrition
Calories: 321kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 12gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 1069mgPotassium: 451mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 678IUVitamin C: 24mgCalcium: 48mgIron: 2mg
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