Versatile Shrimp Chow Mein

This dish is a delicious and popular one-pot Chinese-American dish that combines tender shrimp, and egg noodles with a wonderful, flavorful sauce!

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This dish is a delicious and popular one-pot Chinese American dish that combines tender shrimp, and egg noodles with a wonderful, flavorful sauce created by mixing a harmonious blend of two types of soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, ham, and other seasonings. It is a delightful fusion of flavors and textures!

Chow mein mean 'stir-fried noodles', chow meaning 'stir-fried' (or "sautéed") and mein meaning 'noodles'. The pronunciation chow mein is an English corruption of the Taishanese pronunciation chāu-mèing.

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• Vegetables: thinly sliced carrots, celery, broccoli, peppers, baby corn
• Meat: beef

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Shrimp Chow Mein

Judith Coates

This dish is a delicious and popular one-pot Chinese-American dish that combines tender shrimp, and egg noodles with a wonderful, flavorful sauce!

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Course dinner

Cuisine Chinese American

Ingredients

  

• 150 g dried or fresh egg noodles
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil plus 1 tsp
• 16-20 king prawns de-shelled, de-veined
• 1 tablespoon groundnut oil
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 50 g mangetout or any type of pea with an edible pod, finely shredded
• 50 g Parma ham or cooked ham finely shredded
• 2 teaspoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry Sherry
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
• ½ teaspoon golden caster sugar
• 2 spring onions finely chopped
• 2 teaspoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry Sherry
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Instructions

 

• Combine the prawns with all the marinade ingredients and ½ teaspoon salt, mix well and then leave to marinate for about 10 mins.
• Prepare vegetables before beginning to cook.
• Cook the noodles in a large pan of boiling water for 3-5 mins, then drain and put them in cold water. Drain thoroughly, toss them with 1 tablespoon of the sesame oil and set aside.
• Heat a wok or large frying pan with sloping sides is best rather than straight sides, over a high heat.
• Add the groundnut oil. When the oil is slightly smoking, add the garlic and stir-fry for 10 secs. Then add the mangetout and ham, and stir-fry for about 1 min.
• Add the prawns and the marinade, and stir fry until the prawns start to colour.
• Add the noodles, soy sauces, rice wine or Sherry, pepper, sugar, spring onions and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir-fry for 2 mins.
• Add 1 teaspoon sesame oil and give the mixture a few final stirs. Put on a warm platter and serve immediately.

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