Name: Trini Chow Mein
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: Trinidad & Tobago
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon thick soy sauce; 1 small onion, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon canola oil; 12 ounces lo mein noodles; 1 cup shredded red cabbage; 1 carrot, julienned; 1 red (bell) pepper, stemmed, seeded, julienned; 1 medium christophene, seeded and thinly sliced; 1 cup bean sprouts (optional); ⅓ cup vegetable or chicken stock or water; ½ small Scotch bonnet pepper or other hot red chili pepper, finely chopped, or ⅓ teaspoon hot pepper sauce; 1 large chicken breast, or ½ pound boneless beef, pork, or shrimp, cut into small cubes

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

About

This is another one of those favorite dishes that demonstrate the Chinese influence on the island. You will note, except for the bean sprouts, the absence of any “traditional” Chinese ingredients like you would find in authentic stir-fries. Although in the United States, crispy noodles are the hallmark of chow mein and non-Trinidadians will recognize this dish as “lo mein,” the Trinidadian terminology is closer to the original Chinese meaning: “a dish using soft noodles.”