Chow Mein

Chow Mein (炒面) normally come with recipe with shrimp, vegetables, chicken or pork. This is an authentic chow mein combination recipe in Asian. The best chow mein come down with a soy sauce and oyster sauce. Takeout gold standard comes down to the right sauce and the right noodles, then you just leave 10 minutes to noodles heaven!

Chow Mein is different with Lo Mein, which is similar Chinese noodles dish but without stir-frying.

What is the best Chow Mein Noodles to used?

You can choose the dried egg noodles. The main ingredients of dried egg noodles are wheat flour and egg. To prepare dry egg noodles, you need to bring a large pot of water to a full boil. After that, you need to cook the noodles for 5 minutes, until the texture is chewy, then rinse and drain under cold water. After that, you may proceed to the next step with your recipe.

Next best is fresh yellow noodles that are about 3mm thick. You may buy it from the groceries or wet market, which is normally put in the fridge section. Besides dried egg noodles and fresh yellow mee, you can also make chow mein with any other noodles. For example, spaghetti, thick, thin, fresh mee, instant noodles, or ramen noodles.

Recipe Ingredients

The recipe calls for:

• Dried egg noodles (Dried Mee)
• Garlic
• Choy sum
• Shrimp
• Baby Corn
• Soy Sauce
• Oyster Sauce
• Salt
• Sugar
• Dark Soy Sauce
• Water

How to make the Chow Mein?

• Boil a pot of water. Put in the dried egg noodles (dried mee), soak it for 5 minutes or until soft. Drain it.
• Heat oil in a wok.
• Add garlic and stir fry for 10 seconds or until it turns to lightly golden brown.
• Add baby corn and choy sum stir-fry for 30 seconds or until the choy sum soft.
• Add the shrimp. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.
• Add salt and sugar. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add 200 ml water, soy sauce and oyster sauce, bring the water to boil.
• Add noodles and dark soy sauce. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and serve immediately.