Authentic Chinese Pork Chow Mein Recipes

PORK CHOW MEIN IN 30 MINUTES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and stir pork, onion and celery in oil until onion is tender.
• Stir in mushrooms with liquid, bean sprouts, pimiento and chicken broth.
• Blend soy sauce and cornstarch; stir into vegetable mixture.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Seve over chow mein noodles.

PORK CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Cut pork into 4x1/4-in. strips; place in a bowl. Add garlic and 2 tablespoons soy sauce. Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours., Meanwhile, combine the cornstarch, ginger, broth and remaining soy sauce until smooth; set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet or wok on high; stir-fry pork until no longer pink. , Remove and keep warm. Add carrots and celery; stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the onion, cabbage and spinach; stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Stir broth mixture; stir into skillet along with pork. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3-4 minutes or until thickened. Serve immediately over rice if desired.

AUTHENTIC CHINESE PORK CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Cut meat into thin strips.
• Combine 2 tbsp cornstarch with sugar, blend in 1 tbsp soy sauce and 2 tbsp oil; mix to blend.
• Pour over pork strips; toss well to coat, marinade in mixture for 20 minutes.
• In a wok or large saute pan heat 2 tablespoons shortening; brown the meat lightly on all sides in hot shortening (after browning the pork you may add in chopped garlic and saute for 2 minutes if desired).
• Add remaining 4 tbsp soy sauce and 1-1/2 cups water; simmer, covered on low heat for 45 minutes.
• Add in the celery and onions; simmer for 15 minutes more.
• In a small bowl, blend in remaining cornstarch with 1/4 cup water; stir into meat mixture.
• Add molasses, water chestnuts, bean sprouts and mushrooms; heat thoroughly.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with chopped green onions and toasted almonds.

CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Soak the chow mein noodles in cold water for about 5 minutes. Rinse a few times until the water turns clear and the noodles have become soft. Drain the excess water and set aside. (Don't over soak the noodles or they will become soggy.) In a small mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients of the Chow Mein Sauce together. Set aside. Heat up a skillet or wok with the oil. Add in the garlic and stir-fry until light brown or aromatic. Add the chicken and shrimp and stir fry until they are half cooked. Add the shredded cabbage and carrot into the wok and do a few quick stirs. Add the noodles and the soy sauce mixture. Continue to stir fry until the noodles are well combined with the soy sauce mixture and completely cooked through. Add the chopped scallions, do a few final stirs, dish out and and serve hot.

AUTHENTIC CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions, for minimum time.
• Heat oil in large wok over high heat.
• Add chicken; stir-fry until no pink is visible, roughly four minutes. remove with slotted spoon.
• Add garlic, ginger, onion, scallions, carrots, and celery; stir-fry until softened, roughly five minutes.
• Add cabbage; stir-fry on to two minutes, or just until wilting begins.
• Add back chicken, water chestnuts, noodles, and sauce; stir-fry until heated through.
• *Note: I used All-purpose Stir-Fry Sauce(Number 87748) for this.

CHINESE RESTAURANT-STYLE CHICKEN CHOW MEIN RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook the egg noodles according to package instructions. Drain in a colander in the sink and rinse under cold running water. Shake the colander to drain off excess water and pat the noodles dry with a towel.
• In a medium bowl, combine 2 teaspoons soy sauce, rice wine or sherry and sesame oil. Mix well.
• Slice the chicken into fine, 2-inch shreds. Add to soy sauce mixture. Set aside to marinate for about 10 minutes.
• Heat 1/2 of the peanut oil in a wok or large frying pan over a high heat.
• When oil is very hot, but not smoking, add the chicken mixture. Stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, and keep warm.
• Wipe the wok clean with a paper towel.
• Add remaining peanut oil and heat.
• Add bok choy, garlic, ginger, carrots, snow peas, bean sprouts, ham and mushrooms. Stir-fry for another minute or so.
• Add in the noodles, oyster sauce, scallions and remaining soy sauce, to taste. Continue to stir-fry until the noodles are heated through.
• Taste. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Add chicken and any juices to the noodle mixture. Bring to a boil, and stir to coat the chow mein mixture.
• Transfer mixture to a serving bowl or plate and sprinkle with chow mein noodles.
• Serve hot.

PORK CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep skillet or wok.
• saute the onion and celery 5 minutes.
• Mix in the pork, soy sauce and sprouts.
• cook 2 minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with the broth.
• add to the skillet, stirring steadily to the boiling point.
• cook 3 minutes more.
• Serve with rice or chow mein noodles.

MINNESOTA-STYLE CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Brown the ground pork in a large sauté pan over medium high heat.
• Add the celery, onions, and mushrooms. Continue cooking for 5 minutes.
• Pour in 1 cup of water. Cover. Reduce the heat to medium. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Mix together the cold water, cornstarch, soy sauces, molasses, and beef bouillon.
• Pour the slurry in the chow mein.
• Simmer for 2 minutes until thickened.

AUTHENTIC VEGETABLE CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups unsalted water to a boil in a 6- to 8-quart pot, then add noodles, stirring to separate, and cook 15 seconds. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water until noodles are cool, then shake colander briskly to drain excess water.
• Stir together soy sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, and cornstarch with 1/4 teaspoon white pepper in a small bowl until smooth, then stir in chicken broth.
• Heat wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates within 1 to 2 seconds of contact, then add 1/2 cup peanut oil and heat until just smoking. Carefully add noodles all at once, flattening top to form a 9-inch cake. Cook until underside is golden, 4 to 5 minutes, rotating noodle cake with a metal spatula to brown evenly and lifting edges occasionally to check color.
• Carefully flip noodle cake over with spatula and tongs, then cook, rotating cake, until other side is golden, 2 to 3 minutes more. Transfer noodle cake to a large paper-towel-lined plate to drain excess oil. Discard any oil remaining in wok and wipe out wok with paper towels.
• Transfer drained noodle cake to a platter and loosely cover with foil to keep warm.
• Heat wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates within 1 to 2 seconds of contact.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to wok over high heat. When oil just begins to smoke, add ginger and garlic and stir-fry 5 seconds, then add scallions and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and stir-fry until softened, about 3 minutes. Add choy sum and stir-fry until leaves are bright green and just wilted, 2 to 3 minutes (if using broccoli, cook until almost crisp-tender).
• Stir broth mixture, then pour into wok and stir-fry until sauce is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Return mixture just to a boil, then pour over noodle cake.