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Ingredients:
8 oz. steamed chow mein (Chinese noodles)
2 oz. pork (cut into thin slices)
5 shrimp (shelled and deveined)
3 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
1/2 cup shredded cabbage
1/4 cup shredded carrot
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon Chinese dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 stalks scallions (cut into 2-inch length)
Salt to taste
Method:
Soak the steamed chow mein in cold water for about 5 minutes. Rinse a few times until the water turns clear and the chow mein is soft. Drain the excess water and set aside. (Don’t over soak the chow mein or the noodles will get limpy and soggy.)
In a small mixing bowl, mix all the seasoning ingredients. Set aside.
Heat up the wok with the cooking oil. Add in the chopped garlic and stir-fry until light brown or aromatic. Add the pork and shrimp and stir fry until they are half done. Add the shredded cabbage and carrot into the wok and do a few quick stirs. Add the noodles , the seasoning mixture and the water. Continue to stir until the noodles are well blended with the seasonings and completely cooked through. Add the chopped scallions, do a few final stirs, dish out and and serve hot.
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My favourite noodles are ‘bee hoon’. I love chow mi fen :-)
Salivating at the so many types of ingredients you have in the noodles!
Yummy, I love chow mein and yes, the grease that comes with it. :P
i knw i get the shivers if i dun hav noodles for a couple of days!
I love love noodles. BTW, what are the different between stir fry and pan fry???
wow!
i was waiting for Chow Mein.
ciaoooo
This looks like a lovely recipe and I love chow mein. Thank you so much!
Looks good. Once in awhile though, I crave for simple “economy” noodles …just noodles and chives!
Stumbled upon yr website. Your dishes look great! Keep it up. I love chow mein but mee hoon is my favourite!!
halo…. so sad….. why so sad?
I wonder i shud come more frequent…
as your site start to influence me to start cooking with your recipe…
too many tempting food and may be we are the one that know our taste buds the most…
hmm… let me think think la…
sometime tummy take over everything…. hahahaha
im 1 of those who prefers mee hoon but stil dont know how to make them. lol.
Iv been wanting to learn how to make chow mein with that extra oil. i know its bad (the oil part) but i know im gonna love your chow mein recipe. thank you!
RM, I am going to give you a gold medal for all of these great Chinese posts. Thanks for teaching us all about Chinese culture and food.
the joys of chow mien which i hardly eat anymore. right then, i’ll be preparing this for my weekend lunch. thanks for reminding me that every Chinese has a mien-bone in their body ;) x
the joys of chow mien which i hardly eat anymore. right then, i’ll be preparing this for my weekend lunch. thanks for reminding me that every Chinese has a mien-bone in their body ;) x
I now know how to make chow mein, thanks to your chow mein recipe
Give me the honour to serve you with some good food :)
I should be making more Asian noodle dishes…I found a great source for Chinese noodles here (homemade!) :) Will be saving this recipe…thanks for sharing it!
Gorgeous – but I have to agree with Keropok Man, chow mei fun is a down-home favorite. Any fun (no pun intended) ideas for chow mei fun variations? I’ve been obsessively making a version of singapore fried noodles / chow mei fun. I’ve been scouring your site for good fried noodle recipes — my latest obsession, so I love this series you’re doing.
- Ella
http://cookingconfessional.blogspot.com/
You make your chow mein recipe easier than i thought it would be. It definitely looks so much better than the ‘empty’ chow mein version at the restaurants here.
They only serve chow mein with bean sprouts here. plus they donch look as pretty as yours.
I’ve tried the recipe, but it didn’t come out as delicious looking as the picture. I think the problem lies in the fact that I boiled the noodles instead of steaming it as stated in the recipe. Will it make much of a difference? Anyway, the end result was bland tasting noodles. Another thing is 8 oz of noodles seem to be terribly a lot, don’t you think so? My noodles appeared to be so much more in comparison to the prawns, chicken and vege. I wonder if there’s anyway that I can improve my cooking method.
Substitute the garlic with ginger. You won’t be disappointed.
Anonymous – you shouldn’t boil your noodles first. I used “steamed chow mein” but the chow mein weren’t really steamed. It’s just marketed as steamed chow mein. If it’s bland for you, add more seasoning. If you prefer more veggie, chicken and prawns, feel free to add more. Hope this helps.
This was one of 5 of your recipes that I made last w/e and like the other 4 it tasted fantastic.
Wow!! This is the best recipe I’ve had in a while!!! Easy and fun to make too, thank you ever so much for sharing!!!
i have one question how many does this serve? it looks like a great easy recipe as well.
Few years back when I was in US, I was quite surprise to know that Chow Mein is a popular food among American. Love the creative design of Chow Mein takeaway box but still prefer the taste in Malaysia :)
Hey this is a really great recipe, I love cooking so right now I’m just just trying recipes out of my league and i really love this one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Merlyn.
good for how many people is this recipe ? and the chinese fried rice too ho many people can eat
as a western chef running a kitchen in beijing with all chinese staff i always get grief off the guys for making local dishes in the western/wrong way. however, all the dishes i have made from this site get the thumbs up off the guys on my team. great stuff
Made this chow mein for dinner and it was soooo good. Thanks!!
glad you like this recipe. and thanks for sharing your feedback!
Stumbled upon your site while searching for a Chow Mein recipe. It was a lot easier to make than I thought it would be and turned out great! Thanks for posting it, I can’t wait to try out more of your recipes. :)
thanks for the receipt, mines turned out great!! i added red and greed bell peppers. I wish we could add pics on the comment so i can show how mines turned out.
Looks yummy and pretty easy. How many servings does this make?
2-3 people.
love your rescipes. thanks great food
thanks for your rescipes
hi if we want to replace wine viniger to normal viniger is it and any other ingredients that contain wine ok &sometimes we can’t find all the soya souce what other souce do u advise me & can u show as which is the frid noodles with pictures thanks a lot
If you don’t have rich wine, don’t use it. Wine vinegar is not the same as rice wine. Soy sauce is essential but if you can’t find, you can use salt.
i dont like cooking for many peoples.only a few is ok . anyways thanks for recipes i like chow mein too much , i’ll try one day.
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I had to add a lot more soy sauce for it to taste good. Other than that, the recipe was terrific.
Thank you! I have been trying to make noodles like these for a couple of years and last night I did it thanks to this recipe. I did use my own sauce but next time I’ll try this one. Oh, and I actually used a couple packages of Ramen (without the seasoning) for the noodles because that’s what I had and it worked nicely.
I would like to know more about steamed chow mien and pan-fried chow mien. Is it dried noodles?
I have the same question as Lui. I’d also like to know if you can recommend some brand names, there are so many to choose from.
I went to the Asian market and asked for the “steam” chow mein noodles, they took me to the refrigerator section, which took me my surprise. They also refer to these as “fresh” noodles. Glad I got that figured out. Thought I’d share my discovery in case anyone else out there is Asian noodle illiterate.
im starving!!!!!
I’d so love to make this, but I can’t find these noodles. Markets near my house are Safeway and Whole Foods. They have those crispy noodles in the can, and they have many different Ramen type noodles. I did not find steamed chow mein, however. Can you give some more hints about where to find these noodles?
Asian stores.
Am I allowed to use this picture for a non profitable use for my ICT coursework at school? please reply thanks.
Please credit the source and you may.
The food looks absolutely stunning and my mouth is actually gathering water just looking at the picture of your dish. this is one other dish of yours i will also be cooking.