chicken chowmein
Chicken chow mein is an easy Chinese stir fry wok recipe. With lots of vegetables and noodles it is both tasty and healthy.
Ingredients
- 200 grams chicken cut into strips
- 200 grams broccoli
- 150 grams noodles
- 100 grams mushrooms
- 2 carrots medium sized
- 2 pak choi
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 spring onion
- 1 cm ginger root
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 chili pepper red or green
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or to taste
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce or to taste
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder or to taste
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder or to taste
Instructions
Marinating the chicken
- Marinate the chicken strips in the soy sauce. Then set aside while you continue with the preparations.200 grams chicken, 4 tablespoons soy sauce
Cooking the noodles
- Heat water in a saucepan and cook the noodles in it as indicated on the packaging.150 grams noodles
- Then drain the noodles and set aside.
Preparing the vegetables
- Cut the broccoli into florets.200 grams broccoli
- Peel the carrots and halve them lengthwise. Then cut the halved carrots into half moons.2 carrots
- Halve and slice the mushrooms.100 grams mushrooms
- Remove the stem of the pak choi. Then halve it lengthwise and then cut it into small pieces.2 pak choi
- Remove the outer skin of the onion and then cut it into small pieces.1 yellow onion
- Also remove the outer skin of the garlic and then chop it finely.2 cloves garlic
- Cut away the bitter skin of the ginger root and then chop it into small pieces.1 cm ginger root
- Chop the spring onion into rings.1 spring onion
- Remove the stalk of the chili pepper. Then halve it lengthwise and remove the seeds. Then chop it finely.1 chili pepper
Frying the noodles
- Heat some oil in a pan and add the drained noodles.150 grams noodles
- Stir-fry the noodles for a few minutes until they become slightly crispy.
Stir frying the chicken chow mein
- Heat some oil in a wok. Fry the onion, spring onion, garlic, ginger and chili pepper in it.1 yellow onion, 1 spring onion, 1 cm ginger root, 2 cloves garlic, 1 chili pepper
- Then add the carrots. Let this stew for a few minutes.2 carrots
- Then mix the mushrooms and chicken into the stew. Stir everything well. Add the soy sauce, lime juice and herbs.200 grams chicken, 100 grams mushrooms, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- After this has been stewed for a few minutes, add the broccoli florets and pak choi to the wok. Stir everything well and let this stew further.200 grams broccoli, 2 pak choi
- Finally, add the stir-fried noodles to the wok. Mix everything well and let the chicken chow mein heat through for a few minutes.150 grams noodles
Nutrition
Serving: 1portionCalories: 628kcalCarbohydrates: 101gProtein: 42gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 2681mgPotassium: 3343mgFiber: 18gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 48701IUVitamin C: 514mgCalcium: 1021mgIron: 11mg
