Combination Chow Mein Recipes

CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• In a wok or skillet, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Add mushrooms, celery, onions and garlic powder; cook until the onions have wilted. Add chicken broth and baby corn. Continue cooking until celery is cooked but still crisp. Stir in the green beans or bean sprouts and soy sauce.
• Mix cornstarch and water together in a small bowl. Slowly stir into vegetables. Sauce should start to thicken a little. Mix in chicken, and heat through.

CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Whisk 3 tablespoons soy sauce into cornstarch in a small bowl. Whisk in 2 tablespoons wine, sugar, and broth. Season chicken with salt and remaining 2 teaspoons soy sauce and 1 tablespoon wine.
• Heat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high and add 1/4 cup oil; heat until shimmering. Add noodles and flatten to an even layer. Reduce heat to medium and cook 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup water and cook, pushing edges in with a spatula to shape into a more compact disc, until golden brown and the entire thing holds together like a mat, 4 to 5 minutes more. Carefully slide a spatula underneath and flip over. Drizzle 2 tablespoons oil around edges of pan. Cook until crisp on the second side, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to serving plate.
• Return pan to medium high-heat, add chicken, and cook until golden brown on one side, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss and cook until almost cooked through, about 1 minute more. Remove from pan. To the pan, add 2 tablespoons oil and mushrooms and cook until tender, about 2 minutes. Add carrots and Chinese broccoli. Toss 1 minute. Add ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir sauce to recombine, then add to pan and bring to a boil. Add chicken and toss to combine. Stir in sprouts and sesame oil. Serve over crispy noodles.

COMBINATION CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Place diced pork, five spice, hoisin sauce and soy into a bowl, mix and let marinate a few hours covered in fridge.
• Heat one tablespoon of peanut oil in wok and stir-fry prawns a few minutes until just starting to change color. Remove and cover to keep warm.
• Add diced chicken and marinated pork to wok and str-fry until cooked. Remove and keep covered along with prawns.
• Heat other tablespoon of peanut oil in wok and stir-fry carrot and brown onion until soft.
• Add celery, capsicum and mushroom and stir-fry until vegetables are cooked but still firm.
• Combine chicken stock, cornflour, light soy sauce and oyster sauce in small bowl and mix well.
• Return prawn / chicken / pork mixture to wok and add bok choy, bean sprouts, green onion and blended sauce mix.
• Stir-fry until sauce boils and thickens.
• Serve over rice optionally with chow mein noodles over the top.

CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Put the sliced chicken in a mixing bowl and add the egg white, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp oil. Massage into the chicken to make sure it's thoroughly coated. Set aside.
• Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a large lidded wok or a deep frying pan set over a medium heat on your largest hob ring. Once the oil is slightly glistening, add the chopped shallot and stir until slightly golden in colour, about 3 mins. Add the chopped garlic and fry for 30 seconds.
• Still on medium heat, add the marinated chicken to the wok. Keep stir-frying until 70% of the chicken has changed from opaque to white. It doesn't need to be fully cooked yet. If the chicken is sticking to the pan, add another 1 tbsp oil.
• Add the onion, mushrooms and carrots and toss with the chicken. Using two spatulas makes this easier. Stir-fry for another 30 seconds, on medium heat.
• Turn off the heat, then add the soy sauce, rice wine, white pepper, chicken bouillon, sugar and 150ml water. Stir gently then turn the heat back on to high.
• Add the egg noodles and, using tongs, gently toss for about 15 seconds to make sure they're thoroughly coated with the sauce. Add the cabbage on top of the noodles without mixing it in, put a lid on and let it steam for 30 seconds. Remove the lid, then mix the softened cabbage in with the noodles for about 10 seconds. Replace the lid and steam for another 30 seconds.
• Remove the lid and gently toss, being careful not to break the noodles. Add the chopped spring onion on top and splash in the 1 tbsp black vinegar or Worcestershire sauce on the wall of the wok, in a half circle motion. Give a final gentle toss to work in the spring onion. Serve straightaway on a platter.