Chicken chow mein

Chicken chow mein

As part of our 'Cooking with Auntie Sara' series, Sara Buenfeld shows the kids how to make the classic takeaway favourite

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Method

  1. Use a potato peeler to remove the skin from the ginger. Discard skin, then carefully grate 1 tbsp from the root. Put in a bowl, crush in the garlic, and add the ketchup, oyster sauce, soy sauce and 3 tbsp water. Stir.
  2. Use a sharp knife to cut the pepper into quarters on a board. Remove the seeds and stalk, then slice diagonally into strips. Cut the ends from the spring onions, and cut the green and white of the onion lengthways. Open the bag of beansprouts. Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.
  3. Boil a large pan of water on the hob. when the water is boiling, drop in the noodles, turn off the heat and set the timer to 4 mins. when the time is up, drain in a colander or a large sieve in the sink. ask an adult to help you.
  4. With everything prepared, you can now start cooking. Heat the wok - it's hot enough when it starts to smoke. add the oil and chicken. Use a wooden spoon to keep moving the chicken around the wok until it is half white, half pink. add the pepper and stir-fry for a further 1 min.
  5. Pour the sauce into the wok and stir well until bubbling.
  6. Add the noodles, beansprouts and spring onions a handful at a time, then toss into the sauce until it is well coated, stirring constantly until the beansprouts wilt. Serve in bowls - an easy way is to use tongs.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2008.

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  • Binder photo vix1112

    06 May 2009

    vix1112 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was really nice, I wasn't sure if my boyfriend was going to like it but he loved it. Will definately have it again very soon!!!

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  • Binder photo Fave Recipes

    08 May 2009

    Fave Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    Good light meal, I sprinkled the chicken with 5 spice and the dish was a success :-)

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  • Binder photo EASYTEAS

    22 June 2009

    EASYTEAS commented on this recipe

    brilliant i've made this many times with various additions, always put in whatever we have in fridge ,ie mushrooms &any other veg we have. also use a bag of asda stir fry veg ,this is as good as any take away i've ever had.

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  • Binder photo crcfle

    28 June 2009

    crcfle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent simple recipe. Have used it a couple of times now and the good thing about it is that you can tweak it to the taste you like. I add a chilli and corriander to it. Also good for using left over chicken, pork or beef after a sunday dinner. Definatly a keeper.

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    09 July 2009

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  • Binder photo Frank W

    22 August 2009

    Frank W commented on this recipe

    Used powdered ginger, garlic and onions ( 1tsp, 2 tsp, 2 tsp) and a drop of worcester sauce in place of oyster and it was as good as our local Take-away.. definate to cook again.

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  • Binder photo tryn

    30 August 2009

    tryn rated and commented on this recipe

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    My whole family enjoyed this, simple and straight forward to make and tasted lovely.

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  • Binder photo Julie

    15 October 2009

    Julie commented on this recipe

    Will make this again, I added chinese 5 spice and also extra mange tout and mushrooms, to help top up our 5 a day.

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  • Binder photo Maggy

    15 January 2010

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  • Binder photo Jen

    08 April 2010

    Jen rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Me and my husband really enjoyed this!! It is really tasty, and any veg can go in it, whatever you have laying in the fridge. I cant have the greasy takeaway any more, so this is just as good!!

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  • Binder photo Tina binder

    09 April 2010

    Tina binder commented on this recipe

    Great recipe- Keep them coming Many thanks

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  • Binder photo donnalovescheese

    10 May 2010

    donnalovescheese rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy and extremely tasty mid-week meal. However, the number of servings on this recipe has got to be wrong. I used just 2 noodles nests instead of the recommended 3 and this recipe still served 3 people easily.

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    18 May 2010

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  • Binder photo EASYTEAS

    20 June 2010

    EASYTEAS commented on this recipe

    made this now so many times for family &friends everyone loves it, it is so good we never go to the take away now this is just as tasty

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  • Binder photo wj cooking

    22 June 2010

    wj cooking rated and commented on this recipe

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    I was a bit disapointed to be honest, nice enough but was expecting more.

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  • Binder photo domanic

    13 July 2010

    domanic rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    this was great tasting easy dish, i only used 2 nests of noodles which was enough for 2 plus side plate for my 1yr old. i added mushrooms grated courgette and green peppers as i didnt have beansprouts. i also sprinkled 5 spice on the chicken as someone previously suggested, will definately be making this again

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  • Binder photo Mercurial

    05 September 2010

    Mercurial rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe. After cooking the noodles I drain and add cold water to stop noodles cooking any more. used 4 table spoons of oyster sauce and Japanese Kikkomon soy sauce (less salty than Chinese), a squirt of tomato sause and then equal amount of water. Used sliced onion and added peas. Used three nests for three people, two would have been enough. Enjoyed very much

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    05 February 2011

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    well this going to be fun because i like cooking

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  • Binder photo AndyH

    11 February 2011

    AndyH commented on this recipe

    Lovely recipe although first time I tried it, it tasted a little dry. Next time increased the sauce and water content slightly and was perfect. Would recommend it to my friends.

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  • Binder photo shahstar

    06 March 2011

    shahstar commented on this recipe

    yummy i am twisting the recipe for my prawn loving dad instead having of chicken im having prawns

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE SAUCE

  • thumb-size piece fresh root ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce

FOR THE NOODLES

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