Recipe

The Best Chow Mein Recipe

	Riverrat715 / All my dishes 1 year ago This is my own chowmein recipe. You can add chicken, shrimp, pork or beef as you like. My friends and family love it and ask for more. Prep:30m Cook:1m Servings:10	Riverrat715
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Ingredients

1 lb fresh bean sprouts

1 large can bamboo shutes

2 cans sliced water chestnuts

3 cps sliced celery

2 cps chopped onions (I prefer white)

1 can baby corn cut in 1/2 inch pieces

1 jar pimentos chopped

3 cps meat of choice cut in 1 inch pieces

2 cps leeks sliced and washed

4 qts chicken broth or bouilion

1/4 cp cornstarch

Rice

2 cps long grained rice

4 cps chicken broth

chowmein noodles

1 pkg wonton wrapers cut in 1/4 in strips

1 cp toasted cashews

Directions

Prepare all veggies in large kettle

add broth and simmer gently covered for one hour

add cornstarch that has been stired into one cp of cold water.

gently cook til thickened.

In the meantime cook your rice in a rice cooker if you have one. Otherwise cook on stove top till all broth has been absorbed and rice is light and fluffy.

Fry wonton strips in hot oil (I prefer peanut)

Toss cashews in hot fry pan till toasty. A few minutes will do.

Serve chowmein over the rice or the chowmein noodles ( You can also use lowmein noodles if you like). Garnish with fried wonton strips and cashews. If you don't think this is the best chowmein you have tried I will be surprised, and guess what? It is a figure friendly meal. Hope you all enjoy

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Comments

knoxcop 1 year ago said:
I love chow mein! This sounds like a winner!
--Kn0x--

mamalou 1 year ago said:
Yummy!

jenniferbyrdez 1 year ago said:
Love this. Yum.

momo_55grandma 11 months, 1 week ago said:
Love chinese foods thanks bunches

tarra 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I made this last night and was a huge hit with my family and company. This recipe will be added to my permanent cookbook!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

trev 4 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This is as good as a chow mein gets. I will try this ASAP. Cheers!

westcoastsc 2 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Again, this isnt really chow mein. Mein literally means noodles. Chow mein has softer noodles, and lo mein has crsipier noodles. The only difference is how long you fry the noodles. Furthermore, chow mein is a high sear dish, there is NO slow cooking. Traditional wok temps are around 700* (although most electric woks only reach around 475-500*, and gas range-top woks in-home have around the same). So that should give you some idea. This dish may taste great, but if it doesnt have fried noodles it is NOT CHOW MEIN. I have to put a recipe up here I guess. Sorry to be the food definition police but I grew up in a chinese neighborhood and had traditional mein for many years, and later worked for a very hot chinese restaurant. Please try traditional chow mein recipes just once, I know you wont be sorry! Again, I am not knocking anything about this recipe except the title.

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