Classic Chinese Chow Mein with authentic ingredients and easy ingredient swaps to make this a pantry meal in a pinch.
Exemplary Chinese Chow Mein is one of those dishes that appears to be tricky, as there is some mystery formula that all Chinese cafés know and regardless of what we do at home it is simply never the equivalent. I will not lie and say you can drop some spaghetti into the pot and add some ordinary soy sauce and make chow mein sorcery occur, however I can advise you with a speedy outing to your neighborhood Asian merchant or Amazon.com you can make really legitimate Classic Chinese Chow Mein in under 20 minutes.
A portion of the sauces in this Classic Chinese Chow Mein can be somewhat befuddling, soy sauce and dull soy sauce are unquestionably various things, so in the event that you might want to become familiar with it, you can see this post from Serious Eats. In the event that my memory serves me right I think even my nearby Vons/Safeway conveys all the fixings in the formula, yet on the off chance that you have a neighborhood Asian supermarket I exceptionally recommend making a brisk excursion.
And then serve up your pasta with some other awesome Chinese recipes like Spicy Cashew Chicken, Orange Peel Chicken, Garlic Hunan Beef or any of the giant list of Panda Express recipes all over this blog.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/4 head cabbage thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic , crushed and minced
- 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce (aka Kecap Manis)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 cup water
- 12 ounces chow mein noodles , cooked a minute shy of the directions
- 6 ounces bean sprouts (optional)
- sesame seeds for garnish (optional).
Instructions
Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.
- Heat a large pan or wok on high heat.
- Add two tablespoons of canola oil to the pan and cook the cabbage.
- Cook 2-3 minutes until wilted, add the garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds.
- Add the soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce and water and bring to a boil for 1 minute.
- Add in the pasta and bean sprouts and toss to coat.
- Serve immediately
