Chicken Chow Mein
- Try with less noodles and more pepper and onion
- 150g dried yellow shi wheat flour noodles
- toasted sesame oil
- 300g chicken breast sliced into strips
- or quorn
- a dash dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- 2 tablespoons groundnut oil
- 1 red pepper de-seeded and sliced
- 150g bean sprouts
- 1 large spring onion sliced length ways
- 1 tablespoons of light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chilli sauce (optional)
- finely ground black pepper (optional)
- Cook noodles for 3 mins in boiling water until al dente.
- Run noodles under cold water
- splash with sesame oil to stop sticking
- Season chicken with dark soy sauce, then coat in five spice powder, coat in corn flour
- Heat wok over a high heat add the ground nut oil, wait until smoking, then add the chicken and stir fry for 2-3 mins until cooked.
- Add the peppers and stir fry for a further min
- Add bean sprouts and spring onion - stir fry for less than a min
- Add the cooked noodles, season with light soy sauce
- Stir in the chilli sauce and pepper (optional)
From Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching-he Huang