Chow Mein / Chinese Stir Little Noodles 炒面

I idea Chow Mein / Chinese Stir Fry Noodles 炒面 is a mutual household dish as well as did non hold off whatever requests for recipe. Hence, I did non gear upwards the work-in-progress photos for this dish. Nevertheless, the fun purpose was non entirely inward the cooking process, but too on the making of the egg noodles from my lately acquired kitchen toy - a pasta maker. Honestly, I did non convey high expectations on my homemade noodles as well as yous could imagine how surprised I was when the texture of the noodles turned out to last almost perfect for my Chow Mein!

Ingredients (enough for iv to v pax ) :

500 gm fresh egg noodles
5 cloves garlic (sliced or finely chopped)
1 large onion (finely chopped)
1 pc Chinese sausage (thinly sliced)
12 pcs fresh shrimps (deveined and deshelled)
2 pieces fried fish cakes (thinly sliced)
a handful of light-green vegetables (washed as well as drained)
a handful of edible bean sprouts (roots & ends plucked, soaked as well as drained)
1/2 pc light-green chili (thinly sliced)(optional)
1/2 pc cherry chili (thinly sliced)(optional)
2 tbsp night soy sauce (or to taste)
2 tbsp lite tell sauce (or to taste)
3 tbsp fish sauce (or to taste)
1 tbsp carbohydrate (or to taste)
1 tbsp sesame fossil oil (or to taste)
a pot of H2O (to blanch noodles)
cooking oil

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)

Method :

Blanch fresh egg noodles inward hot boiling H2O for 1 to two minutes. Keep stirring amongst chopsticks as well as thence that the noodles would non stick together.
Remove noodles from saucepan upon al dente. Rinse inward mutual depression temperature or tap H2O as well as drain. Set aside.
Heat three tbsp cooking fossil oil inward a wok/pan at medium heat.
Toss inward chopped garlic as well as onions to lightly stir kid till aromatic.
Toss inward Chinese sausage slices as well as stir fry.
Fold inward shrimps as well as stir kid till 70% cooked.
Turn to high estrus as well as crimp inward fishcake slices as well as noodles.
Add all seasonings as well as stir kid till noodles are evenly coated amongst sauce as well as seasonings. Spoon inward a petty H2O if the noodles tend to stick together.
Toss inward light-green vegetables as well as stir kid amongst all ingredients till fully cooked.
Toss inward edible bean sprouts only earlier turning off heat. Use balance estrus to stir kid all ingredients i final round.
Garnish amongst cut-chilies as well as serve hot.

*To domicile brand fresh egg noodles with a pasta maker, I used 1 large egg + H2O (to brand upwards 95 ml) for every 250 gm manifestly flour. This would yield nearly 300 gm fresh egg noodles from the pasta maker. In this instance, I did two rounds to accomplish 600 gm. I did non job all upwards every bit I knew they could non last finished yesteryear iv persons at home.

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