How to make Perfect Chow Mein at home like a chef!
Chow mein recipe | how to make perfect chow mein at home
RECIPE (2 servings)
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 small cabbage
5 green onions/spring onions
2 carrots
300g/11 oz noodles (preferably egg noodles)
4 tbsp oil
—sauce—
1.5 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce (regular or vegetarian)
3 cloves garlic grated
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp water
METHOD:
1. Thinly slice cabbage, carrots and white part of the green onions/spring onions. Slice the green part into 2 inch thick pieces
2. Mix sauce ingredients in a bowl before hand. This will make it easier while stir frying
3. Boil water and cook noodles 2 mins less than the package instructions. The noodles will cook further while stir frying so it’s important to undercook them
4. Strain the noodles and dunk it into cold water or rinse them until they are cold. This helps making the noodles stop cooking immediately. Strain out excess water and coat in some oil to prevent it from sticking
5. Heat a wok/pan on high heat and add some oil. Add the carrots and stir fry for 1 min
6. Next add the cabbage and stir fry for 1 min
7. Next add the white part of green onion/spring onions and mix well
8. Spread the veggies around the wok/pan so they can get a light char. Once the veggies are done, set it aside
9. Next add some oil and stir fry the noodles for 2-3 mins on high heat. This enhances the taste and gives it a wok tossed flavour. Use chopsticks or tongs to mix the noodles so they don’t break
10. Once the noodles stir fried well, add the veggies and mix well
11. Pour in the sauce and stir fry for 2 mins. Taste and adjust salt if needed. Some noodle brands are saltier than others
12. Switch off the flame, add green part of green onions/spring onions and a few drops of sesame oil. Enjoy!
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SUBSTITUTES:
• No scallions/spring onions?
Substitute with 1 small regular onion
• No oyster sauce?
Add 1/2 tsp soy sauce + 1/2 tsp sugar
• No dark soy sauce?
Skip it. It’s mainly added for colour. Your noodles will be a lot lighter without it
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TIPS:
• It’s important to not add salt to the vegetables. If you add salt they’ll release too much water and turn soggy
• Stir frying veggies on high heat gives it a light char while keeping it crunchy at the same time
• Different brands of noodles have different levels of salt, adjust the sauce depending taste
• Use Chinese brands of sauces for an authentic taste. I use Lee kum kee sauces in this video
Pad Thai | Simple no-wok recipe, cooks in 3 minutes
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***RECIPE, MAKES TWO BIG PORTIONS***
For the sauce:
1 tablespoon fish sauce (can use soy sauce instead)
2-3 tablespoons sugar
1/2-2 teaspoons tamarind concentrate (I used 2 and loved it, but Lauren thought it was way too acidic)
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon soy sauce (very optional)
***It's possible to replace both the fish sauce and tamarind with 3-4 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce. Not the same, but pretty good.
Everything else:
1 bunch green onions
1 thumb of ginger
3-4 garlic cloves
1 red chili (very optional)
4-8 oz (60-120g) mung bean sprouts (I like a lot of them)
4 oz (60g) Pad Thai noodles (narrow, flat rice noodles)
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast (shrimp or tofu work great too)
2 eggs
a big handful of roasted peanuts (50g?)
picked cilantro leaves and lime wedges for garnish
salt
oil
Mix up the sauce and let the sugar dissolve while you do everything else. Put a big pinch of salt in the eggs and beat them thoroughly — let them sit and loosen while you do the rest. Coarsely chop the peanuts.
Thinly slice the green onions, keeping the greens and whites separate. Peel and coarsely chop the garlic and ginger, and put them in the same bowl as your onion greens. Thinly slice the chili and put it in with the onions and ginger/garlic. Pick the cilantro leaves and cut the lime wedges.
Cut the chicken into three sections and then into very thin slices against the grain. Separate into two piles. Get the bean sprouts open and ready, get your salt and a glass of water handy.
Fill a nonstick pan with water (not the water you have in the glass) and bring it to a boil. Put in a pinch of salt and the noodles. Cook, stirring constantly, for half as long as the package suggests (I did 2-3 minutes). Dump them in a strainer and pour cold water over them to stop the cooking and keep them from sticking to each other. Leave them in the strainer for now.
Wipe out the pan and return it to the high heat, and put in a thin film of oil. Season the first pile of chicken with salt. When the oil just starts to smoke, put in the chicken and quickly get it spread out to a thin layer. Let it brown without moving it for a minute.
When the chicken pieces are opaque 2/3rds of the way up, put in half of your onion/ginger/garlic/chili mixture and stir it aggressively. Push it over to one side of the pan (it's ok that the chicken and veg aren't fully cooked yet), then pour half of the eggs into the other side and get them spread out to a thin layer. Let the egg partially solidify before breaking it up into sheets with your spoon.
When egg seems almost cooked, dump in half the noodles, a third of the sauce (you can always add more sauce if you think it needs it), half the bean sprouts, a few chopped peanuts, and stir to combine. Finally, use a splash of water from the glass to help you get everything stirred up, deglaze the pan, and get the level of saucy texture you want.
Put it on a plate, garnish with the cilantro, onion greens, lime wedges and more peanuts. Wipe out the pan and cook the second portion. (It's possible to cook both at once if you have a wok or a really big nonstick pan with a really powerful burner, but I think this comes out better if you do one at a time so it can get the necessary intense heat.)
Woo Can Cook | Thai Fried Noodles (Pad See Ew)
Woo Can Cook is a series where we reproduce fun foods and recipes from my childhood. Some of them are authentically Chinese and/or pan-Asian, but a lot of them are odd Americanized versions that I inherited from my parents and grandparents while growing up in the Bay Area/California.
This is a recipe for a Thai noodle dish called Pad See Ew, which prominently features the use of gai lan (AKA Chinese broccoli) which I grew up eating as a kid a lot. Personally I absolutely can't stand the stuff (probably from years of choking it down as a kid), so I substituted it with some plain old regular broccoli here.
More specifically, the version of pad see ew that we are hacking today is inspired by a restaurant here in Oakland called Neecha Thai, and adds to our series on Bay Area restaurant hacks. I used to live across the street from this place many years ago, so ordering takeout from here was a pretty regular thing for me for a few years. Hope you give this one a shot!
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 chicken breast
- 8 oz broccoli (or gai lan/Chinese broccoli)
- 8 oz wide rice noodles (chow fun noodles)
- 4 tbsp ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 eggs
- 6-8 Thai chili (optional)
- peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
INGREDIENTS (marinade)
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp shaoxing wine (or dry sherry)
- 1 tbsp white pepper
- 1 tsp corn starch
INGREDIENTS (sauce)
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp black vinegar
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp sambal oelek
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
PREP
- CRUSH and mince the garlic, set aside
- FINE MINCE the ginger, set aside
- SLICE the chicken breast into thin slices, set aside
- SLICE the broccoli into thin spears, set aside
- WHISK the eggs, set aside
- SLICE the Thai chili, set aside
- If using fresh noodles, no preparation is needed. If using dried rice noodles, soak for 10 minutes in hot water while agitating for the first 5 minutes to prevent sticking/clumping
- COMBINE all sauce ingredients, set aside
- COMBINE chicken with marinade ingredients, set aside
ON THE STOVE
- HEAT a wok as hot as possible, then add 4 peanut oil and long yao
- ADD the garlic and ginger and bloom until fragrant (about 15 seconds)
- ADD Thai chili and chicken, and toss for 2-3 minutes
- ADD the broccoli and noodles, and toss for 2-3 minutes
- ADD the sauce and eggs, and mix until the noodles are coated in egg
The Easiest Stir Fry Dish (Drunken Noodles)
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Vegetarian Pad Thai Recipe TO MAKE TONIGHT (ผัดไทย)!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE VEGGIE PAD THAI RECIPE AT HOME!
LAY HO MA!! Pad Thai is one of my favourite dishes of all time. It's got the sweet, sour, and spicy flavours packed into one easy to cook noodle dish. There's definitely a good reason why this dish is one of the most popular (if not the most popular) dishes in Thailand. Join me in this episode and learn how to make an easy vegan pad thai recipe right at home. Let's begin
Ingredients:
1/4lb fried tofu
70g broccoli
1/2 carrot
1/2 red onion
35g Chinese chives
1/4lb thin rice noodles
2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 red Thai chili pepper
drizzle of olive oil
50g bean sprouts
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
few sprigs cilantro
lime wedges to serve
Directions:
1. Bring a small saucepan of water to boil for the noodles
2. Thinly slice the fried tofu. Chop the broccoli into bite sized pieces. Thinly slice the carrot into matchsticks. Slice the red onion and chop down the Chinese chives
3. Spread the rice noodles in a pan. Then, pour in the hot water and let it soak for 2-3mins. Stir the noodles occasionally to get rid of the excess starch
4. Make the sauce by combining the tamarind paste, maple syrup, soy sauce, and a thinly sliced red Thai chili pepper
5. Heat up a nonstick pan to medium heat. Drizzle in some olive oil
6. Sauté the onions for a couple of minutes. Then, add in the tofu and broccoli. Sauté for another few minutes
7. Add in the carrots. Give it a stir
8. Add in the noodles, chives, bean sprouts, and the sauce
9. Sauté for another few minutes
10. Plate and sprinkle over some crushed roasted peanuts and freshly chopped cilantro. Serve with some lime wedges
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*RECIPE* (1 serving)
INGREDIENTS:
1 pack instant ramen noodles (seasoning packet not needed)
2 shallots/green onions
2 garlic cloves
3 tbsp oil
---Sauce---
1 tsp sweet chilli sauce
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tsp water
PROCESS:
1. Thinly slice 2 shallots/green onions. Shallots are preferred as they are sweeter but green onions work too
2. Mince 2 cloves of garlic. Add more if you like a stronger garlic flavour
3. Prepare the sauce and set aside
4. On low flame, fry shallots/green onion in 3 tbsp oil until golden and crisp. Take it off the pan when it turns pale gold or it will burn and taste bitter
5. Cook 1 pack of instant ramen noodles as per package instructions. Drain and set aside
6. Retain 1 tbsp oil from the pan used to fry the shallots/green onions. The remaining oil is flavourful and can be used in other dishes
7. On low flame, sauté minced garlic for 30 seconds or until lightly golden
8. Pour in the prepared sauce and simmer for 30 seconds
9. Add the cooked ramen noodles and mix quickly
10. Stir fry for just 30 seconds or the noodles will get mushy
11. Add ramen noodles to a serving bowl, garnish with crispy fried onion and green onions. Enjoy!
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SUBSTITUTES:
• No sweet chilli sauce?
Substitute with 1/2 tsp chilli sauce or sriracha + 1/2 tsp sugar
• No shallots or green onions?
Thinly sliced regular onions work too
• No dark soy sauce?
Replace with regular soy sauce. However, the colour of the noodles will be pale
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TIPS:
• Prepare all ingredients in advance as the dish comes together very quickly
• Slightly undercook the noodles to prevent it from turning mushy
• Fry scallions/green onions in a large batch as they are extremely tasty and can be used to garnish many dishes
• The onion flavoured oil is delicious so please don’t throw it away
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