Traditional Chow Mein: Traditional Chinese Stir-fried Noodles

Name: Traditional Chow Mein: Traditional Chinese Stir-fried Noodles
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons oyster sauce; 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 450 g (1 lb) fresh thin Chinese egg noodles; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 3 spring onions, finely shredded on the diagonal; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon cornflour; 240 ml (8 fl oz) groundnut oil, or 480 ml (16 fl oz) water (see variation) and 2 tablespoons groundnut oil; 30 g (1 oz) Chinese dried black mushrooms; 350 g (12 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin shreds; 1 egg white; 1½ teaspoons salt; ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Family Dishes

By Ken Hom

Published 1998

About

Ingredients

30 g (1 oz) Chinese dried black mushrooms
350 g (12

Main course

Method

Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 20 minutes. Then drain them and squeeze out the excess liquid. Remove and discard the stems, and finely shred the caps into thin strips.

In a small bowl, mix the chicken and egg white, ½ teaspoon of salt, the white pepper and cornflour and refrigerate for