Michelle's Chinese Chow Mein Recipe - SW style

Chow Mein 

SW Style

(Also works with other meats, just mix and match as you go)

Ingredients

1 bag of frozen stir fry vegetables (asda/morrisons around £1.00 per bag)

1lb diced lean beef/chicken/lamb/pork

Dried egg noodles - 1 nest per person (I use Amoy medium dried egg noodles)

250g mushrooms, halved/quartered (optional)

For the sauce

60ml Dark soy sauce

40ml Light soy sauce

1 heaped teaspoon garlic powder

1 level teaspoon chinese 5 spice powder

1 teaspoon of oyster sauce (1 syn per 1 level tablespoon)

Method

1.  Soak/cook noodles as per package instructions (I find it easier to boil the kettle and soak them in a bowl of boiling water)

2. Whilst noodles are soaking, fry off your meat until browned

3. Make sauce by mixing together all sauce ingredients until combined thoroughly

4. Drain noodles and pour over sauce mixture, mixing until all noodles are coated.  Leave to soak

5. Meanwhile, add the stirfry vegetables to the pan with the meat and cook as per instructions

6. Take off the heat once all cooked, and stir in soaked noodles and the remaining sauce mixture.  Stir until completely combined.  Keep on the heat for a further 5 minutes to ensure it's piping hot.

Serve immediately

Sauce can be adjusted to your own  taste.  It took me a while to fiddle around with the quantities until we got a sauce that we both liked.  I first tried it with 100ml dark soy sauce but this was too salty for my taste.  This combination works well for us.  

*Disclaimer* 

This recipe is of my own making, quantities are based on meals made for our family which we have found worked well to our tastes.