Chicken chow mein

Name: Chicken chow mein
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1 large skinless chicken breast (approx. 175g), sliced into 1cm-thick strips; 1 egg white; 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil plus 1 tsp for the marinade; 1 shallot finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves finely chopped; ½ white onion (approx. 50g), thickly sliced; 2 pieces dried shiitake mushrooms rehydrated with ½ cup of warm water for 15 mins, then sliced into 1cm strips; 1 carrot (approx. 80g), thickly sliced into ½ cm thick matchsticks; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp cooking rice wine; ½ tsp ground white pepper; 1½ tsp chicken bouillon; 1 tsp caster sugar; 2 packs ready-cooked egg noodles (approx. 557g); ½ sweetheart cabbage (approx. 200g), thickly sliced; 1 spring onion cut into 2cm pieces; 1 tbsp black vinegar or Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

Prep:25minCook:15min

This Taiwanese-style chow mein uses a combination of stir-frying and steaming, so there's less oil involved. Pork would also work well instead of chicken

Updated at: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:30:05 GMT