How To Cook Chicken Lo-Mein

 

Ingredients

For the Chicken and marinade 

• 1/2 pound chicken breast or fillet, sliced
• pinch of salt
• pnch of white pepper
• 1 tablespoon rice wine
• 1/2 egg white 
  

For The Sauce

• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon water
• pinch of white pepper

For The Stir-Fried Lo-Mein

• 1 package (16oz) lo-mein noodles
  Alternatively, you can use egg noodles.
• 1 tablespoon oil (for frying)
• 1/2 medium onion, sliced
• 4 shittake mushrrooms, thinly sliced
• 12 pieces prawns, shelled & deveined
• 1/2 cabbage
• 1/2 medium carrot, julienned
• 1/2 cup sweet peas
• 1/2 medium red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 2 stalks scallions

Chicken Lo-mein Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken:
   In a mixing bowl, add the sliced chicken breast or fillet.
2. Season it with salt, white pepper, rice wine, egg white and a slurry made with cornstarch and water. 
   
   
   
3. Mix well and mariate it for 15 minutes.

Making the Sauce

In a mixing bowl, whisk together light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, water and white pepper.

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil over high-heat. Add the egg noodles and cook for about 3 minutes untill al dente. 
   
   
   
2. Rinse the noodles under cold water to stop the cooking. Drain and set it aside. 
3. In a wok over high-heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil and stir fry the marinated chicken for about 4 minutes untill fully cooked. Remove and set it aside. 

   

   
   
4. In the same wok, add another tablespoon of oil. Stir fry the onion, shiitake mushrooms, carrot, sweet peas, prawns and red bell pepper for about 30 seconds untill aromatic and slightly tender. 

   

   
   
5. Return the noodles and chicken back into the wok. Pour in the sauce and stir-fry everything together untill evenly coated and heated through. 

   

   

   
   
6. Add scallions at the end and give everything a final toss. 

   

   
   
7. Serve it immediately.