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)

• 1. Cook noodles for 3 mins in boiling water until al dente.

  2. Run noodles under cold water

  3. splash with sesame oil to stop sticking

  4. Season chicken with dark soy sauce, then coat in five spice powder, coat in corn flour

  5. 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.

  6. Add the peppers and stir fry for a further min

  7. Add bean sprouts and spring onion - stir fry for less than a min

  8. Add the cooked noodles, season with light soy sauce 

  9. Stir in the chilli sauce and pepper (optional)

From Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching-he Huang