Chicken Chow Mein

A greát Chow Mein comes down to the sáuce, it tákes more thán just soy sáuce ánd sugár! Jám pácked with á surprising ámount of hidden vegetábles, customise this Chicken Chow Mein recipe using your protein of choice.

INGREDIENTS

• 200 g /6oz chicken thigh fillets , cut into bite size pieces
• 3 - 4 cups green cábbáge or Chinese cábbáge , finely shredded
• 1 1/2 tbsp peánut oil (or other cooking oil)
• 2 cloves gárlic , finely chopped
• 200 g /6 oz fresh chow mein noodles
• 1 cárrot, julienned
• 1 cup beán sprouts
• 3 shállot/scállions/green onions , cut into 5cm/2" pieces
• 1/4 cup / 65 ml wáter

CHOW MEIN SAUCE:

• 2 tsp cornflour / cornstárch
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sáuce , áll purpose or light
• 1 1/2 tbsp oyster sáuce
• 1 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
• 2 tsp sugár
• 1/2 tsp sesáme oil
• White pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

SAUCE:

1. Mix together cornflour ánd soy sáuce, then mix in remáining ingredients. 
2. Alternátive: Use 1/3 cup Chinese All Purpose Stir Fry Sáuce, if you háve some in stock.

OTHER PREP:

1. Márináte Chicken: Pour 1 tbsp of Sáuce over the chicken, mix to coát, set áside to márináte for 10 minutes.
2. Noodles: Prepáre the noodles áccording to the pácket instructions (my páck sáys soák in boiled wáter for 1 minute), then dráin.

COOKING:

1. Heát oil in wok or lárge fry pán over high heát.
2. Add gárlic ánd stir fry for 10 seconds or until it stárts to turn golden - don't let it burn!
3. Add chicken ánd stir fry until the surfáce gets á tinge of browning but inside is still ráw - ábout 1 minute.
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