How To Cook Hong Kong Style Chow Mein with Pork and Green Vegetables

Ingredients

• 25 grams dried Chinese mushrooms or shiitake.
  
• Chicken or vegetable stock
• 340 grams Chinese egg noodles
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil, divided
• 1 large garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh root ginger
• 2 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 200 grams pork fillet, trimmed and cut into strips 
  
  
  
• 2 green peppers, seeded and thinly sliced 

  

  
  
• 100 grams small broccoli florets 

  

  
  
• 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced 

  

  
  
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon mirin
• 100grams bean sprouts
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• Fresh coriander leaves to garnish

Instructions

1. Place the mushrooms in a small bowl and pour in enough boiling water to cover them. 
   
   
   
2. Leave to soak them for 10 minutes. Line a sieve with kitchen paper and place it over a bowl. Then pour the mushrooms and the soaking liquid into it. 

   

   
   
3. Measure the strained liquid and make it up to 100ml with chicken or vegetable stock . Set it aside. 

   

   
   
4. Discard any tough stalks from the mushrooms. Slice them and set it aside. 

   

   
   
5. While the mushrooms are soaking, place the egg noodles in a large mixing bowl and pour in enough boiling water to cover them generously. Leave to soak it for 4 minutes or according to the packet instructions untill tender. Drain well and set aside.

   

   

   
   

   
   
6. Heat a wok or large frying pan over a high heat. Add 1 tablespoon sunflower oil when it is hot. 

   

   
   
7. Stir in the garlic, ginger and five-spice powder. Stir fry it for 30 seconds, taking care not to let the flavorings burn.

   

   
   
8. Add the strips of pork and continue stir-frying it for about 2 minutes or untill they are cooked through. 
9. Use a draining spoon to remove the pork from the wok and set it aside. 

   

   

   
   
10. Add the remaining oil to the wok and heat it untill it is almost smoking. 
11. Stir in the peppers, broccoli, celery and mushrooms for 2 minutes.

    

    

    
    
12. Stir in the mushroom liquid, soy sauce and mirin. 

    

    

    
    
13. Return the cooked pork pieces back into the pan. Continue cooking and stirring it constantly for about 1 minute or untill the pork is reheated. 

    

    

    
    
14. Stir in the noodles, followed by the bean sprouts. Toss it together briefly. 
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16. Heat the ingredients without softening the bean sprouts to retain their crunch. 
17. Sprinkle the sesame oil over the dish and garnish it with coriander or parsley leaves. 

    

    
    

    

    
    
18. Serve the chow mein immediately.