Summer Recipes with Chinese Egg Noodles, Chow Mein!

Summer Recipes are food that helps you to increase your appetite.

Chow Mein, in Cantonese means Fried Noodles. It is one,
from the popular appetizer in our home cooking.
You may also enjoy it in all the Chinese Restaurants.

We eat often egg noodles and rice noodles.
I will show you my easy cooking,
Chinese Noodles.

Chow Mein

(Fried Egg Noodles)

Ingredients A
Dried Egg Noodles
Boiling water

Preparation
a. On high heat, cook noodles in a pot,
of boiling water.

b. Use chop-sticks to stir the noodles,
while cooking.

c. When done, drain it and rinse,
through cold water and set aside.

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Ingredients B
Eggs
Preparation
Panned-fry the eggs into a thin sheet,
and cut it into strips, 3 cm in length.

Pork fillet
Preparation
Wash and slice the pork fillet,
into thin strips.

Cabbage
Preparation
Wash and drain the cabbage and cut them,
into thin strips.

Black mushrooms
Preparation
Wash and soak the mushrooms in a bowl,
of lukewarm water till they are soft.
When done, cut them into strips

Black prawns
Sugar
White wine
Preparation
Wash and squeeze out excess water,
from the prawns and season,
with a little sugar, pepper and wine,
for 15-20 minutes.

Spring onion
Preparation
Wash and cut the spring onions,
into 3 cm each in length.

Bean sprouts
Preparation
Rinse and drain.

Soy sauce
Sugar
Pepper
Water
Preparation
Combine all ingredients and mix well.

Onions (Washed and minced)
Garlic (minced)
Cooking oil

Action
a. Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil,
in a hot wok and add a little of minced garlic.
Stir-fry till fragrant.

b. Add prawns and stir-fry one minute or two,
till they are red in colour.
Dish it.

c. Add a little oil, stir-fry onion,
till fragrant.

d. Add noodles and stir-fry them thoroughly.

e. Sprinkle over soy sauce mixture,
and fry them evenly.

f. When done, on low fire, add all ingredients,
and mix with bean sprouts and stir-fry a minute,
or two.

g. Last decorate the egg strips and spring onion,
on top of the noodles.

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There are many ways to cook fried noodles.
The ingredients are always flexible.
You can change part of them,
or all of them to your own choice.

When you preferred with gravy,
then you make a gravy.
When you preferred adding extra gravy,
it is also possible. Nothing is fixed.

"One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poisson!"
Therefore, it must always suit your taste.

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Gravy choices?

a. After the noodles is boiled,
you may keep the water for gravy.

b. When you par-boil the vegetables,
you may keep the water for gravy.
It will add extra taste to the noodles.

c. Therefore 50ml of a plus 150ml of b equals,
to gravy base.

Gravy can be made in many ways. Examples:
a. Stir in peanut sauce paste well,
let it thicken. This is instant gravy.

b. Combine vegetable water and noodle water,
and simmer on low fire to thicken.
Last stir in a few drops of vinegar,
and soy sauce to taste.

c. When using plain water, then you have,
to mix 1 teaspoon cornstarch well,
with a little cold water, and add this,
to the vegetable water.
Let it boil until it thicken.

d. When using total plain water,
you have to mix 1 teaspoon cornstarch well,
with a little cold water,
and add to 200ml plain water,
with Salt, sugar, sesame oil, or soy sauce to taste.

Note: Salt, sugar, soy sauce, and sesame oil,
are commonly used in Chinese recipes.

Nowadays, I use vinegar instead of salt,
to enhance the salt taste. Vegetable,
has given the natural sugar taste.

Thank you and I shall show you some other,
Summer Recipes soon.

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