Name: Crispy Chow Mein
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 pack instant noodles; cooking oil; 1 chicken thigh fillet (cut into strips); salt; pepper; ½ teaspoon minced garlic; ½ onion (thinly sliced); ¼ cup julienned carrot; ¼ cup julienned bell pepper; 1 cup spinach; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 1 teaspoon corn starch; ½ teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon sesame oil

Crispy Chow Mein

Connie Veneracion

Give your pack of instant noodles an upgrade by transforming it into crispy chow mein. The recipe below comes with a video.

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Breakfast, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Asian

Servings person

Ingredients

1 pack instant noodles

For the stir fry

cooking oil
1 chicken thigh fillet cut into strips
salt
pepper
½ teaspoon minced garlic
½ onion thinly sliced
¼ cup julienned carrot
¼ cup julienned bell pepper
1 cup spinach

For the sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon corn starch
½ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

Cook the noodles in boiling water. Drain and cool.
Heat two tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan. Spread the chicken in the hot oil, sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper, and fry until no longer pink.
Add the garlic and onion to the chicken; cook just until the onion slices soften.
Add the carrot, bell pepper and spinach, at half-minute intervals. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
Mix all the ingredients for the sauce with half a cup of water and pour into the pan. Cook, stirring, until thick and no longer cloudy.
Heat enough cooking oil in a pan to reach a depth of at least three inches.
Drop the drained and cooled noodles into the hot oil. Fry until crisp.
Scoop out the noodles and lay on a plate.
Top with the chicken and vegetables stir fry.
Serve your crispy chow mein immediately.

Video

Keyword Instant Ramen

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