Chicken Chow Mein

So again my dad decided on this dish, I have no idea what makes him decide on what he prefers, but this time it was chicken chow mein, now I’ll be honest, I’ve never tried this dish before now, whenever I go out for a Chinese it’s something I always bypass thinking it’s not going to be worth the money and it won’t fill me up etc, I will certainly spend a minute or two searching the chow mein section.

Serves 2 – ready In 35 minutes (or less)

Ingredients

For the sauce:

·         Thumb sized piece fresh root ginger

·         2 garlic cloves

·         3 tbsp tomato ketchup

·         2 tbsp oyster sauce

·         2 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce

For the noodles:

·         1 large red pepper

·         5 spring onions

·         200g bean sprouts

·         2 small chicken breasts

·         3 nest medium egg noodles

·         1tbsp sunflower oil

Now for the How To:

·         Using a potato peeler remove the skin from the ginger and grate 1tbsp from the root.

·         Put into pestle and mortar and crush in the garlic, add the ketchup, oyster sauce soy sauce and 3 tbsp of water and mix well.

·         Cut the pepper into quarters, removing the seeds and stalk and slice diagonally into strips.

·         Cut the ends off the spring onions and cut the onion lengthways.

·         Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.

·         Boil a large pan of water on the hob, when the water is boiling drop in the noodles, turn off the heat and leave for 4 minutes, then drain.

·         With everything prepared you can now start cooking.

·         Heat the wok, when it starts to smoke its hot enough, add the oil and the chicken. Keep moving the chicken around until it’s cooked.

·         Add the pepper and stir fry for a further minute.

·         Pour the sauce into the wok and stir well until bubbling.

·         Add the noodles, bean sprouts and spring onions a handful at a time, making sure they are well coated with the sauce and stirring until the bean sprouts have wilted. 

I was surprised by this dish; it was quick, easy, tasty and very filling. I didn’t really know what to expect and I really enjoyed it, the pepper still have a bit of a bite to it, and the noodles were cooked perfectly, and the sauce had a brilliant mixture of flavours! My dad said it wasn’t quite as good as the local take aways but it’s a very close second and that’s good enough for me!

What do you normally order when you have a Chinese? I used to like the sweet and sour chicken balls, but the batter just got too much for me, I now like the shredded chicken, and prawn toast is always a winner in my books!

Next up is mini meatloaves with chive mash

Bye for Now! x