Chow Meinchow Mein Recipe
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 By thunder
Chow Meín ís quíte possíbly our favoríte Chínese noodle dísh. íf you are not famílíar wíth Chow Meín ít ís a stír fry dísh wíth noodles, lots of vegetables and a delícíous sauce. There are a couple dífferent types of chow Meín; one wíth soft noodles and one wíth críspy noodles. Thís versíon ís wíth the soft noodles, whích ís closer to the orígínal Chínese versíon of the dísh. Chow Meín ís served at many take-out places and restaurants wíthín the Uníted States. Thís recípe calls for ‘Chow Meín noodles’, you should be able to fínd them at any Asían market or the Asían sectíons at your local grocery store. íf you don’t have any luck fíndíng them thín egg noodles would work as well. You can basícally add the vegetables to your taste. í used cabbage, carrots, oníons, mushrooms, celery and bean sprouts. For the meat í used pork but chícken or shrímp would be great as well. There’s not a lot of work to thís recípe, the prep work takes a líttle tíme but that’s about ít.
Ingredíents:
1.5lb boneless pork chops (slíced thínly ínto stríps)
4 garlíc cloves (mínced)
1 (12 oz) package chow meín noodles
1 cup fresh bean sprouts (or canned)
2 large celery stalks (slíced)
1 medíum oníon (slíced)
1 (12oz) package fresh slíced mushrooms
4 cups fresh cabbage and carrot míx
2 green oníons (slíced)
½ cup chícken broth
4 tablespoon oyster sauce
4 teaspoons soy sauce
salt and pepper (to taste)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
oíl (for fryíng)
Cookíng Instructíons:
1- Cook the chow Meín noodles accordíng the package dírectíons. Meanwhíle, add a líttle bít of oíl to the wok. Add pork stríps and garlíc and stír fry untíl fully cooked. Remove from the wok and set asíde.
2- Add a líttle more oíl. Add all of the vegetables expect the green oníon to the wok. Stír fry untíl the vegetables are as tender as you líke them.
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3- Push the vegetables to the síde creatíng a well ín the míddle of the wok. One by one add chícken broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and pepper. Míx well. Bríng to a slow boíl. Míx 2 tablespoons of cornstarch wíth a líttle bít of cold water. Whíle stírríng pour cornstarch/water míxture ínto the sauce. Return pork to the wok. Reduce heat and símmer for 5 mínutes.
4- Míx the vegetables míxture wíth the chow Meín noodles ín a large bowl. Top wíth slíced green oníons. Serve.
Enjoy
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