This video is about how to prepare Chow Mien (or Chow Mein) which the name is based on the Chinese character 炒面 means fried noodles.

It is far too general to order a plate of Chow Mein in Asia because there are so many varieties, and the restaurant will not know what to cook for you. It is like you order a pasta without specifying how it is cooked.

However, the transliteration of this Chinese word does means a specific style of noodles if you are in English speaking countries. Therefore, I will focus on the style of Chinese stir-fry noodles prepared by the Chinese living in English-speaking countries in general.

You should not expect the exact way of cooking found anywhere in China, as Chow Mein is a variation that has been modified and conforms to the local tastes outside China.

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Recipe:

Ingredients
(A) For the chicken:
60 g chicken meat, cut to thin slices
2 tsp light soy sauce
1/4 tsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
A dash of ground white pepper

(B) Other ingredients:
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 crushed garlic
50g onion, cut into thin slices
50g choy sum, cut into small sections
100 g dry noodles (after cooked = 220 g)
30 g bean sprout
30 g carrots, cut into thin strips
60g bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1/4 tsp sesame oil
10 g spring onion cut into small pieces

(C) Chow mien sauce:
3 tsp (15g) light soy sauce
1/4tsp (2g) dark soy sauce
3 tsp (15g) oyster sauce
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsp cornstarch
2 tbsp water

Instructions
Prepare the dry noodles:
– Place the dry noodles into a pot of boiling water.
– Loosen noodles with a pair of chopsticks of tongs.
– Once the noodles become al dente, remove from the boiling water and place them in cold water to stop cooking. Drained and set aside.

Prepare the ingredients
– Cut the chicken breast meat into thin slices. Marinate ingredients (A) for fifteen minutes.
– Cut the bell pepper, carrots, onion into thin strips.
– Remove the tail at the end of it. Set aside.
– Clean the choy sum into short sections.

Stir-frying
– Saute the crushed garlic and onion with cooking oil. Add the chicken pieces until it turns slightly brown. Remove.
– Stir-fry the carrot strips and choy sum with the remaining oil in the wok, then followed by the bell pepper and the cooked chicken.
– Add the cooked noodles and the sauce (C) Continue stir-frying and slow turn up the heat further.
– Finally, add the bean sprouts. Flash fry for fifteen seconds Turn off the heat and add some chopped scallion sesame oil. Serve.

If you want to try this dish, you can get the more information here:

Chow Mien recipe – How to cook like the Chinese restaurant (quick and easy)

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