Fresh Noodle Chow Mein
Good old fashioned mum food, that feeds the army and is perfect for mid week cooking. Get your chow on kids! This is a dinner winner.
Oodles of noodles...yes please. Is there a difference between Chop Suey and Chow Mein? Well I am glad you asked!
Chow Mein in fact is not truly authentic, in that it is an Anglicised version of the very Chinese "ch'ao mien" or stir fried noodles in the which you make the sauce and then add the cooked noodles and heat together.
Chop Suey is also stir fried noodles, but with the sauce added on top. So same, same, but different. I am sure my Chinese ancestors are turning over in their graves with that very simplistic explanation, but there you go. (Yes, I do have Chinese ancestors, who would have thought?)
We are now obsessed with the fresh egg noodles and they will be appearing elsewhere throughout the site. Get onto it my lovelies!
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Need
- 1 Batch Egg Noodles Recipe
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The Sauce
- 6 Tablespoons oyster sauce
- 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 Tablespoons sesame oil
- 100 Grams liquid chicken stock
- 1 Tablespoon raw caster sugar BUY
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The Chow Mein
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) for frying BUY
- 500 Grams mince. we used a mix of pork and beef
- 2 brown onion peeled and diced
- 4 cloves garlic diced
- 1/2 of a large cabbage, sliced thinly
- 2 carrots, julienned
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The Garnish
- 4 spring onions, sliced
- Chilli Jam to serve Recipe
Do
- 1
Make egg noodles as per recipe. When ready to finish the Chow Mein, you will need to cook the noodles in a large amount of boiling, well salted water for no more than 1 minute. Cook in batches. They can then be added to the rest of the dish and tossed through.
- 2
To make sauce, in a bowl stir together all ingredients. Set aside.
- 3
Heat a wok over high heat. Add a drizzle of EVOO.
- 4
In batches, fry the mince, onion, garlic, cabbage and carrot.
- 5
Toss together in a large bowl. Then return to the wok with the cooked egg noodles and sauce. Combine and heat through.
- 6
Serve immediately with spring onions and chilli jam.
Served with
Bree is a mum who has always loved cooking and baking and became a big Tenina fan when she got her first Thermomix. She was on the very first foodie trip as a customer and hasn't looked back, working for Tenina for over 5 years as a recipe tester and developer, branching out into video master for all of Tenina's lives! She still runs her baking business, creating amazing cakes and macarons for her customer list.
