Chicken Chow Mein {Quick & Easy Recipe}

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Chicken Chow Mein {Quick & Easy Recipe}

The simplicity of this homemade Chow Mein with Chicken recipe makes this a fine choice of midweek quick dinners or a weekend fakeaway. Delicious, all made in one pan, and takes about 20 minutes.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

For the sauce:

2 tbsp Cornflour
1 tbsp Soft dark brown sugar
2 Garlic cloves Crushed
4 tbsp Dark soy sauce
4 tbsp Oyster sauce
300 ml Chicken stock A cube is fine

For the stir fry:

1 tbsp Sunflower oil
650 g Chicken breast (approx x4) Cut into strips
2 tsp Chinese 5 spice
600 g Stir fry veg bag
250 g Dry noodles
4 Spring onions Finely chopped (optional)

Instructions

Put the cornflour in a small bowl, add the sugar, garlic, and enough soy sauce to mix a smooth paste. Add the remaining soy sauce, oyster sauce and chicken stock. Whisk until smooth and set aside.
Place noodles in a separate bowl. Pour boiling water straight from the kettle over the noodles, pop a plate over the top and leave to soak while you cook the stir fry.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and add the chicken with the 5 spice. Stir fry for 6-7 minutes until the chicken is almost cooked.
Stir the noodles with a fork to make sure they are softening evenly.
Add the vegetable mix to the chicken and stir for a further 4-5 minutes until softened a little.
When the noodles are just cooked, drain.
Add the sauce to the chicken and vegetables and cook for 3-4 minutes until thickened and coating the ingredients.
Add the drained noodles and toss to coat everything well. Garnish with the spring onions if using.

Notes

Stir fry veg: You can choose a bag of whatever you’d prefer in it. Some supermarkets offer a choice. Anything that stir fries in about 5-10 minutes is ideal. You might get a great choice from a Chinese supermarket if you live near one

If preparing the veg yourself, you’ll need:

1 medium carrot, sliced into batons
1 red pepper, sliced
1 green pepper, sliced
1/2 cabbage, shredded
150g bean sprouts

Alternatively, use whichever vegetables you like to stir fry!

Cornflour: When you mix the sauce it's important to start with the cornflour in the bowl and add a little liquid at a time, otherwise the cornflour will form lumps that are almost impossible to get rid of!

To make gluten free: Make sure you use gluten free noodles, a tamari-style of gluten free soy sauce and gluten free oyster sauce

To make ahead: Because this dish is so quick to cook, you could always simply do all of your chopping and prep work (slicing the meat, vegetables and making up the sauce) ahead of time. (Keep it stored in the fridge, covered.) Then we're you're ready to eat, simply throw it all into the pan!

Vegetarian: You can replace the chicken with a protein alternative if you want to make it a veggie dish. Also swap the stock to vegetable

Chicken swap: You can swap the chicken for another meat or fish for this dish if you prefer. Pork, beef, prawns would all work well

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