Chow mein (chao men), chinese noodles with chicken and vegetables

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Main Dish

4 servings

Easy

1 h 30 m

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Love Chinese cuisine? Make it at home by trying our Chow Mein recipe! A mix of Chinese noodles, chicken, ginger, and vegetables. A complete, balanced, and easy dish to prepare! Tested and approved by the entire Ptitchef team, we leave you with the step-by-step instructions for our recipe below ;-)

Ingredients

• 400 g chicken breast
• 1 cm fresh ginger
• 1 garlic clove
• 8 sprigs cilantro
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 carrots
• 100 g mushrooms
• 1/4 cabbage
• 250 ml water
• olive oil
• 2 Tbsp corn starch
• 200 g Chinese noodles

Materials

• Pan
• Pot

Preparation

• In a bowl, put the chicken cut into pieces, the crushed garlic clove and ginger, the chopped cilantro, the soy sauce, and the oyster sauce. Stir well and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• In a pan, heat some olive oil, and sauté the marinated chicken.
• Once the chicken starts to cook, add the carrots cut into strips, the cabbage cut into thin strips, and the mushrooms. Sauté for 5 minutes.
• Add 250 ml of water to the pan and let it cook for 15 minutes over medium heat. Meanwhile, dissolve the corn starch in a little water.
• After 15 minutes, add the dissolved corn starch to the mixture, stir quickly, and you will see the sauce thicken. Remove from heat.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Place the Chinese noodles in, stir with a fork, cover the pot, and remove from heat. Let sit for 4 minutes, then drain the cooked noodles.
• And there you have it, your chicken chow mein (chao men) is ready!

Observations

Vegetables: Feel free to replace the vegetables we suggest with others like broccoli, flat beans, etc...
Meat: You can substitute chicken with beef or pork.

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