- worchestshire sauce
- garlic powder
- soy sauce
- ground beef
- salt
- wonton wrappers
- oil
4 December 2010 – Delicious and easy
- vegetable oil
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- cooked rice
- Salt and pepper
- chopped green onion
-This is a classic takeaway dish and a classic Chinese snack – Chow mein in Mandarin Chinese is pronounced ‘Chao meean and it means ’stir-noodle’, i.e. stir-fried noodle.
I love this simple dish with plenty of fresh crunchy vegetables and the usual Chinese condiments of light soy sauce and toasted sesame oil – but the trick to getting a good-quality chow mein is in the quality of the noodle used. I use shi wheat flour noodles – ‘shi’ means ‘thin’ and whether yellow shi or white – they are easy to cook, 3 minutes in boiling water. Then all the ingredients go into a wok – couldn’t be easier or healthier!
- dried yellow Shi wheat flour noodles* or medium egg noodles
- dark soy sauce
- five-spice powder
- cornstarch
- bean sprouts
- light soy sauce
- *Can be found at specialty Asian markets.
This light vegetarian rice can accompany any strongly flavored dishes. The inspiration behind it comes from the famous ‘egg flower’ drop soup. I thought I would adapt the ingredients to fried rice instead of soup. In fact, in Beijing the combination of egg and tomato is quite popular, such as in the dish ‘Xihongsi chao jidan’ – ‘Xihong’ means ‘Western red’, ‘Chao’ means ‘stir-fry’, and ‘Jidan’ is ‘egg’, which means ‘Western red (i.e. tomato) stir-fry with egg’. I hope you enjoy!
- cooked jasmine rice
- light soy sauce
- toasted sesame oil
- freshly cracked white pepper
- ground pork
- Salt and pepper to taste
- sliced button mushrooms
- dry sherry
- iceberg lettuce
- finely chopped ginger
- peanut oil
- peanut oil
- finely chopped ginger
- ground pork
- Salt and pepper to taste
- sliced button mushrooms
- dry sherry
- iceberg lettuce
- grated peeled fresh ginger
- vegetable oil
- cornstarch
- long-grain white rice
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- red-pepper flakes
Weight Watcher Points: 6
- fat-free beef broth
- soy sauce
- cornstarch
- chopped garlic
- crushed red pepper
- snow peas
- chopped scallions
- Optional: salt
I’m going to try making half as much sauce next time.
- Eggs
- twists of Black Pepper
- Corn Starch
- Chicken Broth
- Soy Sauce
- Olive Oil for sauteing
- Bean Sprouts
- instant brown rice
- seasoned rice vinegar
- reduced-sodium soy sauce
- apricot preserves
- finely grated or minced ginger
- reduced-sodium chicken broth