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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.

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Chicken chow mein

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Serves: 3-4

Sharwood's Medium Egg Noodles

Sharwood's Medium Egg Noodles ...

Shopping list:
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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Your comments:

I adore chinese food and this recipe looks the bees knees. I shall be trying this myself along with the barbecue spare ribs

chrissienee - added 13 February 10

The is a very good recipe which, i have cooked at home. Now i am going to cook it in my Food Technolgy class on monday

Deborahe - added 11 March 10

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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Cooking Tip

Healthy stir frying

The idea behind stir-frying is to cook fresh ingredients very quickly in a little oil, constantly tumbling them. This way, the nutrients are sealed in, vegetables stay crunchy and colours stay bright and vibrant.