Making Chow Mien

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I had a lady leave me a comment on my weekly menu post asking if I would share my chow mien recipe. Tonight we had chow mien to go along with our orange chicken for dinner. So I took some pics to show you how to make it. I don’t really have exact measurements for it. It is one of those meals I just kind of “wing it”.

First I begin by cutting up my veggies. This recipe is pretty versatile; you can use a large variety of veggies. There are no certain veggies you have to have. For this meal I used: 1 small onion, 1 carrot, 3 red mini peppers, a small wedge of red cabbage and a small wedge of green cabbage. You could also use celery or mushrooms. If you only have one or two of the needed veggies, that works too. You can just a few veggies or lots of them.. it is up to you. I chopped my cabbages up, sliced my onions and peppers and cut my carrot into small sticks…



After I chopped the veggies up I measured out 10oz of whole wheat spaghetti noodles and put a pot of water on to boil…



While the water was coming to a boil I heated my large cast iron frying pan and then added some olive oil to it (enough to coat the bottom of the pan). Then I added my veggies….



While the veggies were cooking my water came to a boil and added the spaghetti noodles..



By the time the noodles were done cooking the veggies had finished cooking…



I added the cooked noodles and then added spices. I used about ¼ cup soy sauce, 1 tablespoon fish sauce and a ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes..




You could also add meat to this to make it a main dish; chicken, beef, shrimp, pork would all work well. You would cut up the meat into bite size pieces and cook it at the same time you were cooking the veggies.

Enjoy!
 

Comments

  1. Free!~January 17, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    YUMMO! I'm going to make this soon. It looks really good.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 18, 2012 at 6:49 AM

    Thank you so much !! Do you know of anything to use when you are allergic to soy sauce? I really need to know something to use in it's place.

    Thanks,
    Pat

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    1. CrystalJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM

      Pat, I've heard of people using Bragg's Liquid Aminos in place of soy sauce. I've not used it before personally.. but it could be something you would be able to use. Crystal :)

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    2. DanitaJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:20 AM

      I use the Braggs in place of soy sauce in every recipe I have, it works great and taste great too.

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  3. JamieJanuary 18, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Thanks sooo much for posting this recipe!! We had your Delicious Italian Casserole for supper last night...ooooh and everyone enjoyed it! Definitely will be trying this one! Thanks! Jamie :)

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  4. donnaJanuary 19, 2012 at 6:13 AM

    Thanks for sharing the recipe. I love how you use the pictures to show how to do it step by step. Enjoy your day and God bless.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    Is there something to use in place of fish sauce? We are allergic to it.
    Thanks!

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    1. CrystalJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:19 AM

      Anon.. you don't have to use it all.. soy sauce would be just fine. Crystal :)

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  6. AnonymousOctober 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM

    i am allergic to peppers of anykind, would it matter if they are left out?

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    1. CrystalOctober 21, 2013 at 5:15 PM

      Nope would not matter.. just add extra of any other type of veggie you like.

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