Traditional Chinese Chicken Chow Mein

Chicken chow mein is one of the most popular dishes ordered in Chinese restaurants or from Chinese takeouts but with this chicken chow mein recipe you can prepare your own delicious version! Chow mein is a stir fried dish containing meat and Chinese vegetables in a soy sauce based brown sauce.

Chow mein originates from Chinese peasant cooking but has become somewhat westernized. Chow mein noodles are distinctively crispy. For a more authentic chicken chow mein recipe you can throw in a little fish sauce or oyster sauce. Remember that a little of these sauces does go a long way so just add a few drops and taste.

Chicken Chow Mein Recipe

Ingredients -

3 tablespoons Oil
2 cloves Garlic, Minced
2 small Boneless Chicken Breasts
8 Mushrooms, sliced
2 stalks Celery, cut into strips
1/4 cup Bamboo Shoots, sliced
5 ounces Chow Mein Noodles

Seasoning Sauce:

1 dissolved Chicken Bouillon Cube
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
2 tablespoons Dry Sherry
1 tablespoon Cornstarch

Preparation:

Note: Warm chow mein noodles in 325 degree oven for 5 minutes.

With a potato peeler shave the celery into strips and then cut into bite size pieces.

Combine sauce ingredients and set aside.

Add oil to hot wok. Swirl, add garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add chicken. Stir fry for 3 minutes or until chicken turns opaque. Remove and set side.

Add vegetables and stir fry over medium heat for 2 minutes. Push vegetables to sides of wok. Re-stir sauce mixture and add to center of wok, stirring until thick and bubbly. Add chicken and heat.

Serve with chow mein noodles.

Serves 2

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A Picture of our traditional Chinese Chicken Chow Mein Recipe a wonderfully simple international recipe with the color, taste and feel of an authentic Chinese Chow Mein dish. As an addition you can also add bite sized pieces of chopped fresh pea pods and some broccoli flowerets to this dish to make it even more filling you may also wish to add some chopped red bell pepper.