Chicken Chow Mein Recipe
Simple, tasty chicken chow mein recipe, loaded with egg noodles, succulent chicken, vegetables, and delicious savoury chow mein sauce. And the best part? It’s easier than you’ve imagined, and I’m sharing the best Chinese cooking secrets to make it perfect in under 30 minutes!
Servings: 3
Calories: 772kcal
Equipment
- Large wok/pan or skillet
Ingredients
- 300 grams Dried egg noodles
- 250 grams Chicken breast Boneless chicken breast or thigh
- 1 Onion Cut thin slices
- 2-3 cloves Garlic Finely chopped
- 2-3 Spring onions Cut 2" pieces
- 1 Bell pepper Red or green, cut thin slice
- 1 Carrot Julienned
- 2-3 Cabbage leaves Cut thin slices
- 2-3 tbsp Cooking oil Neutral flavour oil, add more oil if needed.
Chow Mein Sauce
- 2 tbsp Light soy sauce or regular all-purpose soy sauce
- 2 tsp Dark soy sauce
- 4 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Brown sugar or white sugar
- 1 tbsp Water
- ¼ tsp White pepper
Chicken Marinade
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce Regular all-purpose soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Corn starch
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Brown sugar or white sugar
- ¼ tsp White pepper
- 2 tsp Sesame oil or cooking oil
Instructions
- Cut chicken into thin slices and marinate it with light soy sauce, cornstarch, baking soda, white pepper, sesame oil, and sugar. Mix it well and set it aside. Prepare all the vegetables before heating the wok.
- Boil the noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain water and rinse with cold water. Set it aside. ( If you are using fresh noodles, you can skip this step. )
- Combine chow mein sauce ingredients in a small bowl/jar and set it aside.
- Heat the wok/pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tbsp of cooking oil and stir fry the marinated chicken for 2-3 minutes until cooked through and set it aside.
- Drizzle more oil in the pan and saute garlic and onions. Follow with the hard vegetables, like carrots first. Then add bell peppers and cabbage.
- Add the noodles, cooked chicken, and pour the prepared chow mein sauce over them. Bring the heat to high and toss everything together for 1-2 minutes or until the noodles are evenly coated with the sauce.
- Finish with spring onions and make a final quick toss.
Notes
- Do I need salt? You don't need to add salt to this recipe because the soy sauce and oyster sauce already contain salt but you can add more salt to your liking.
- How to make my chow mein sauce less salty? If you find chow mein sauce is salty, you can reduce the light soy sauce and oyster sauce or use low-sodium soy sauces instead of regular ones.
- What can you use instead of oyster sauce? Oyster sauce can be replaced with hoisin sauce (made from fermented soybean paste ), vegetarian stir-fry sauce ( mushroom sauce ), MSG, or chicken bouillon powder.
- Dried Egg Noodles: Do not overboil the noodles, and rinse them with cold water once they've boiled. If the noodle strands are sticky, toss them with a bit of cooking oil.
- Fresh Egg Noodles: If you are using fresh egg noodles, you will need about 400-450 grams of noodles for 2-3 servings.
- Cooking oil: suggest using neutral flavour cooking oil like sunflower, peanut oil, canola, vegetable oil, etc.
- Nutritional facts are calculated approximately per serving, and they can be varied according to the products you use.
Nutrition
Calories: 772kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 3907mg | Potassium: 823mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 4816IU | Vitamin C: 63mg | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 5mg
