Baked American Chow Mein Recipes

AMERICAN CHICKEN CHOW MEIN WITH FRIED NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat your oil to 400 degrees in a deep medium pot. Break up the noodles with your fingers and drop them in the oil a handful at a time. Use a pair of heatproof chopsticks or a long fork to break up the noodles and prevent them from sticking together. Fry until golden brown. You may need to flip/move the noodles so they brown evenly. Drain on a paper towel and let cool. Repeat until all noodles are done and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, marinate the chicken with the soy sauce, sesame oil, and cornstarch. Set aside while you prepare the other ingredients.
• When you're ready to cook, place a wok over high heat. Add a tablespoon of oil and sear the chicken. Remove from the wok and set aside. Add the onions and garlic to the wok and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Then add the celery and mushrooms. Stir-fry for another minute.
• Add the bamboo shoots, water chestnuts (if using), napa cabbage, and bok choy. After stir-frying for about 30 seconds, add the seared chicken, chicken stock, salt, sugar, pepper, and bean sprouts. Stir-fry until the mixture comes to a boil.
• Gradually stir in the corn starch slurry until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon. If you like more sauce, you can add more chicken stock and re-season. Serve over rice. Top the dish with a generous handful of fried noodles and enjoy. Nothin' like takeout food at home!

OVEN BAKED CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Brown hamburger and drain.
• Mix it all together and bake covered for 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees or 1 hour at 425 degrees (or until the rice is cooked).

BAKED CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except broth and noodles in a casserole dish.
• Pour broth over mixture.
• Bake 35 minutes unvcovered at 375 degrees.
• Sprinkle top with desired amount of noodles.
• Bake 10 more minutes.
• Celery will be crunchy.
• Refrigerate leftovers for up to one week.

HAMBURGER CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Saute meat and onion in a small amount of butter or vegetable oil until meat is brown and no longer pink.
• Add salt, pepper, celery and water; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add bean sprouts.
• Blend cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and add soy sauce, sugar and brown gravy sauce.
• Stir into meat mixture and heat until thickened.
• Serve over Chow Mein Noodles.
• VARIATION: Omit hamburger and use leftover pork roast cut into bite size pieces along with leftover gravy. Canned sliced water chestnuts and/or a can of baby corn is a lovely addition as well.
• NOTE: This may also be served over linguine instead of Chow Mein Noodles as in Lo Mein.