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Chicken chow mein
Chow Mein literally means stir-fried noodles, it is a quick and delicious way to prepare egg noodles.
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Serves: 3-4
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1 Tbsp oil for frying
2 chicken breasts sliced
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 onion thinly sliced
2 carrots sliced into matchsticks
2-3 blocks Sharwood's Medium Egg Noodles
100g beansprouts
3 Tbsp light soy sauce
1 Tbsp sugar
½tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
Method:
1) Cook the noodles as directed on the pack, rinse and drain well.
2) Heat the oil in a wok or deep-sided frying pan.
3) Stir-fry the chicken for 4 minutes.
4) Add the garlic, onion, carrots and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
5) Add the beansprouts, soy sauce, sugar, salt, sesame oil and noodles.
6) Mix the ingredients well, heat through and serve.
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Chef notes
To add some colour and crunch to the dish, simply toss in a hand full of fine green beans when stir-frying the chicken
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That restaurant flavour
Try marinating the meat in a combination of cornflour, soy sauce and sugar before stir-frying. Then, right at the end, add those big, tempting restaurant flavours with Sharwood's Stir Fry Sauces.