Name: Chicken Chow Mein
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: serves 4 people
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 250 g (1/2 pound) chicken breast, skinless and boneless; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 200 g (1/2 pound) cabbage; 2 carrots; 2 garlic cloves; 2 spring onions; 150 g (5.3 oz) rice noodles; 2 tbsp sesame oil, for cooking; 1 handful of sprouts; 1 tbsp sesame seeds, to serve; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tbsp Shaoxing Wine (optional); 1 tbsp cornstarch; 60 ml (1/4 cup) chicken stock or water; 1 tsp sugar; pinch of white or black pepper

Chicken Chow Mein

We could eat Chicken Chow Mein weekly. We adore these tender noodles tossed with golden fried chicken or shrimp. We usually eat it with chicken, so we’re sharing our go-to Chicken Chow Mein recipe today. To make it at home, we will need essential ingredients such as soy sauce and oyster sauce, which are widely available, so this shouldn’t be a problem. And if you can get your hand on Chinese cooking wine, even better. I bet you’re going to love it; let’s get cooking.

Heavenly Good Chicken Chow Mein

We always order Chicken Chow Mein when traveling to big cities. This delicious dish is always fresh, well-balanced, and full for hours. This is why we believe you're going to adore it:

Very quick and easy to make - in just one wok pan
Full of color, nutritious, and vibrant
Feel free to use pork, beef, shrimp, or tofu instead of chicken
Great midweek lunch that feeds a crowd - everyone will love it

Essential ingredients

The essential ingredients are divided into two parts. We need most of the ingredients for our Chicken Chow Mein and the rest for the sauce that goes into Chow Mein while cooking. Below, you can read more about the ingredients.

Protein - we love adding chicken to our homemade (better than takeout) chow mein. We used boneless and skinless chicken breast. However, this recipe works amazingly with shrimp, beef, pork, or tofu.

Soy sauce - Use light soy sauce or low-sodium soy sauce. If you have dark soy sauce at home, reduce it with water to get the same amount as needed in the recipe.

Vegetables - This recipe used cabbage, carrots, garlic, and spring onion (scallion). Optionally, feel free to add some celery too.

Noddles - use your favorite Asian rice noodles.

Oyster sauce - For an extra umami flavor, add oyster sauce. It brings so much richness to the dish.

Chinese cooking wine - Chinese rice cooking wine, or Shaoxing wine, is very aromatic and delicious. If you can't get it in your country, leave it out.

Cornstarch - thickens the sauce.

Sugar - Adding sugar doesn't mean that the dish is sweet. It's not. However, sugar balances other flavors and makes it well-balanced.

Sprouts - use fresh or jarred sprouts. Optionally add bamboo shoots.

Storing

Keep the cooked Chicken Chow Mein in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Before serving, reheat well in a pan on the stove or in a microwave.

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