Friday, October 1, 2010

Chow Mein




Ingredients:

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts thinly sliced
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoon soy sauce 
salt and black pepper, to taste 
1 tbs cornstarch (mix in water)
1/2 pound dry wonton noodles or speghettis
2 medium celery medium sliced 
1/2 white onion medium sliced  
1 green onion (scallion, spring onion) long sliced
2 cloves of garlic chopped 
4 tbsp of sesame oil shopping list
2 tbs of capsicum julienne cut
2 tbs of carrot julienne cut
2 tbs snowpeas and mushroom can be use if desire
1 tsp of chinese salt
Directions:
One or 2 hours before cooking, Cut the chicken into thin strips and marinade with soyesauce, chilli sauce, chopped garlic, pepper n salts and set aside.
Soften the noodles by placing them in boiling salted water. Plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process and drain thoroughly.
Heat a wok or frying pan over medium-high to high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add noodles. Fry in batches until golden.
Remove the noodles from the pan.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a wok. Add meat. Let the meat brown briefly, then stir-fry until the redness is gone and the meat is nearly cooked
through.
Add the rest of the vegetables (except for the green onion)
Making a "well" in the middle of the wok for the sauce. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper and quickly stir and mix everything together.
Stir in noodle for 2 mins than add corn starch, cook for 1 more minute and garnish with green onions.
Place on serving plate and it ready to serve..
Best serve hot.

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