Main Courses Recipes - Chicken Chow Mien Recipe

Ingredients

• 350g/12oz noodles

• 225g/8oz skinless, boneless chicken breasts

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon rice wine

• 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil

• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

• 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)

• 50g/2oz mangetouts (topped and tailed)

• 100g/4oz bean sprouts

• 50g/2oz ham (finely shredded)

• Salt and pepper

• 4 spring onions (finely chopped)

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Cook the noodles in a saucepan of boiling water until tender. Drain, rinse under cold water and drain well.

2. Slice the chicken into fine shreds, about 5cm/2in in length. Place in a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce, the rice wine and the sesame oil.

3. Heat half of the vegetable oil in a wok or frying pan over a high heat. When it starts smoking, add the chicken mixture. Stir-fly for 2 minutes, then transfer the chicken to a plate and keep it hot.

4. Wipe the wok clean and heat the remaining oil. Stir in the garlic, mangetouts, bean sprouts and ham, stir-fly for another minute and add the noodles.

5. Continue to stir-fly until the noodles are heated through. Add the remaining soy sauce to taste and season with salt and pepper.

6. Return the chicken and any juices to the noodle mixture, add the chopped spring onions and stir. Serve immediately.