Canton-Style Chicken Chow Mein

To me, this is the ultimate Chinese comfort food. When we were young, my mom worked sixty to seventy hours a week, earning fifty cents an hour as a seamstress, so she had hardly any leisure time. On those rare Saturdays when she had some time off, she’d make big steaming bowls of her delicious chow mein for lunch. This dish showcases Cantonese noodles at their best. The egg noodles are pan-fried on both sides so they’re crispy on the outside, but still soft and tender on the inside. The noo