Pasta, Noodles and Rice Recipes - Chow Mien Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

• 500 g/1 lb egg noodles

• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

• 1 onion, thinly sliced

• 125 g/4 oz cooked meat (pork, chicken or ham), cut into thin shreds

• 125 g/4 oz mangetout or green beans

• 125 gl4 oz bean sprouts

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2-3 spring onions, thinly shredded

• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil or chili sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Cook the noodles in a large saucepan of boiling salted water according to packet instructions, then drain and rinse under cold running water until cool, and set aside.

2. Heat about 3 tablespoons of the oil in a hot wok or large frying pan, add the onion, meat, mangetout or beans and the bean sprouts, and stir-fry for about 1 minute.

3. Add the salt and stir a few times more, then remove from the wok or pan with a perforated spoon and keep hot.

4. Heat the remaining oil in the wok or pan and add the spring onions and the noodles, with about half of the meat and vegetable mixture. Mix with the soy sauce, then stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until heated through.

5. Transfer the mixture to a large warmed serving dish, then pour the remaining meat and vegetable mixture on top.

6. Sprinkle with the sesame seed oil or chili sauce, or both if preferred, and serve immediately.