Chow Mein

Recipe video above. A great Chow Mein that truly rivals Chinese restaurants comes down to the sauce! Make this with your protein of choice (Note 1). Have all the ingredients ready to go before you start cooking because it's done in 5 minutes!

Ingredients

200g /6 oz chicken breast or thigh fillets , thinly sliced (Note 1 tenderise option)

4 cups green cabbage , finely shredded (Note 3)

1 ½ tbsp peanut oil (or other cooking oil)

2 cloves garlic , finely chopped

200g /6 oz chow mein noodles (Note 2)

1 carrot , julienned

1 ½ cups bean sprouts

3 green onions , cut into 5cm/2″ pieces

¼ cup (65 ml) water

subheading: CHOW MEIN SAUCE:

2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch

1 ½ tbsp soy sauce , all purpose or light (Note 4)

1 ½ tbsp oyster sauce (sub Hoisin)

1 ½ tbsp Chinese cooking wine OR Mirin (Note 5)

2 tsp sugar (reduce to 1 tsp if using Mirin)

½ tsp sesame oil

White pepper (sub black)

Instructions

SAUCE

Mix together cornflour and soy sauce, then mix in remaining ingredients.

Directions at recipetineats.com

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