Mock Chow Mein Hot Dish Recipes

CHOW MEIN NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet over medium high heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add the onion and celery and saute for 5 more minutes.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the almonds, rice, soup, water and soy sauce. Mix together well and add to the beef mixture. Place this into a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with chow mein noodles.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes.

MOCK CHOW MEIN HOT DISH

Steps:

• Cook ground beef until brown.
• Add onion and celery, cook until almost tender.
• Add remaining ingredients except chow mein noodles.
• Put into a two quart casserole dish.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for one hour and fifteen minutes.
• Uncover and layer with chow mein noodles.
• Return to oven, uncovered and bake until noodles are brown, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees C and spray the inside of a large casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Brown ground beef in large skillet with chopped onion over medium- high heat.
• Cook celery in 1/2 cup water in microwave (covered) for 4- 5 minutes until soft. Drain off remaining water.
• Add celery, tomato soup, mushroom soup and rice to ground beef.
• Combine ground beef mixture with chow mein noodles (dry) into prepared casserole dish and sprinkle on soya sauce.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

CHOW MEIN HOT DISH I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare rice according to package directions (make enough for 4 servings).
• Meanwhile, brown ground beef over medium high heat in large skillet for about 5 minutes.
• Add onion and celery (sprinkle mixture with black pepper and garlic powder if desired) cook for 5 more minutes. Drain beef mixture.
• Spray casserole dish with cooking spray. Pour in beef mixture. Add soup, cooked white rice, and 3 tablespoons soy sauce. Top with chow mein noodles to cover.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes.
• Top with additional soy sauce and chow mein noodles as desired. Enjoy!

INSTANT POT BEEF CHOW MEIN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a pan on the stove or in your Instant Pot on the sauté setting, brown the ground beef and sauté the onions. Add the mixture into a pan that fits inside your Instant Pot used for pot-in-pot cooking. Clean out bottom of Instant Pot (if you used it for browning the beef).
• Stir the cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, celery, water chestnuts, rice, water and soy sauce in with the beef.
• Pour 1 cup water into bottom of Instant Pot. Place filled pan on top of a trivet/sling and lower it into the bottom of the Instant Pot.
• Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 25 minutes. When time is up let the pressure release naturally for 5-10 minutes and then move the valve to venting. Remove lid.
• Lift out the pan and stir. Sprinkle chow mein noodles on top. Scoop onto plates and serve topped with green onions.

MOCK CHOW MEIN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350*. In a large skillet brown your hamburger; drain off any excess grease. Add the celery and onion to the pan and sauté until tender crisp.
• 2. Add the Cream of Mushroom and Celery soups and stir to blend. Then add the 2 tbsp soy sauce, or to taste, cooked rice and stir again to blend.
• 3. Grease a 9x13 cake pan and add the mixture. At this time, if you wish, you can cover the top with crispy Chinese noodles, which are found in a bag in the Chinese section at your local grocery store.
• 4. Place on the middle rack and bake for 30-35 minutes or until brown and bubbling around the edges. You can serve with extra crispy Chinese noodles if desired.