Chicken Chow Mein with Rainbow Vegetables
A delicious, healthy and quick take on the ever famous Chicken Chow Mein. Ready in just under 30 minutes.
Servings 3 -4
Ingredients
- 200 grams chow mein noodles see notes for subsitution
- 2 tablespoons oil I use canola
- 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste see notes
- 1 green chili slit and the seeds taken out
- 500 grams boneless skinless chicken breasts (chopped in bite size cubes)
- 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 1 carrot julienned (see notes)
- 2 cups cabbage finely shredded (see notes)
- 1/2 cup mushrooms thinly sliced
- 1/2 bell pepper julienned
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
Instructions
- Prepare the noodles according to the package instructions.
- Heat the 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over high heat and add the ginger garlic paste and green chili and stir fry for about 30 seconds until you can smell the garlic in the wok.
- Add the chicken and cook until it's white but not fully cooked through. This should take about 1 minute.
- Season the chicken with salt and white pepper. Take the chicken out of the wok and set aside.
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the wok, and then add the vegetables. I start by adding the onion and carrot, wait for them to soften slightly and then add the cabbage, mushrooms and bell pepper. Stir fry for about 1 minute.
- Add in the chicken and saute for 1-2 minutes, ensuring that the chicken is cooked.
- Add in the noodles, oyster sauce, soy sauce and white vinegar and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Delicious chicken chow mein is ready! You can now dig in with your chopsticks.
Notes
Note 1 The chow mein noodles can be substituted with spaghetti. I didn't have chow mein noodles at home so I used spaghetti.
Note 2 I use my chopper to mince the ginger and garlic, because I find it faster and convenient than chopping by hand.
Note 3 I use my food processor to julienne the carrot. You can use a box grater too, or do it by hand.
Note 4 I also use my food processor to shred the cabbage because it's super fast. Again, you can use a box grater or do it by hand. It'll just take a little longer.
Note 2 I use my chopper to mince the ginger and garlic, because I find it faster and convenient than chopping by hand.
Note 3 I use my food processor to julienne the carrot. You can use a box grater too, or do it by hand.
Note 4 I also use my food processor to shred the cabbage because it's super fast. Again, you can use a box grater or do it by hand. It'll just take a little longer.