Best Chicken Chow Mein Recipe is the Bald Chef’s best recipe for Chinese Chicken Chow Mein. I will show you step by step how to cook this classic Cantonese dish. Best Chicken Chow Mein Recipe a very authentic recipe much like you would find in a Restaurant Southern China. One of my first experiences eating Chinese Food was in the 1950’s and 60’s. There was not much in the way of verity in the few local Chinese Restaurants. These Chinese Restaurants all had Chow Mein on their menus, but it was made with Canned Fried Noodles and Canned Chinese Vegetables.
I even remember in the grocery stores you could buy Chun King canned Chinese food, and they had this can of Chinese Vegetables and Fried Chow Mein Noodles. Just Boil up some Chicken add the Chinese Vegetables a little Soy Sauce and pour this concoction on the Fried Chow Mein Noodles, remember that. Well The Bald Chef’s recipe has nothing to do with 1950’s style Cantonese, this is the real deal. So if you are looking for your Grandmothers’ Chicken Chow Mein you’re not at the right place.
These are the ingredients you will need to make real Chinese Chicken Chow Mein:
This is The Bald Chef’s recipe for Chinese Chicken Chow Mein. To start off wash and clean all your vegetables for this recipe. On a cutting Board thin slice 10 oz Chicken Breast, set aside. Prepare the Chicken to make it silky smooth by putting the Chicken in a bowl and adding 1 Egg White, 1 Teaspoon White Pepper, 3 Tablespoons Chinese Cooking Wine, and 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Corn Starch. Marinate the Chicken in the cooking wine marinade for ½ hour until the Chicken is almost room temperature. Turn Your stove on high heat and place 2 Tablespoons Cooking Oil and 1 Tablespoon Crushed Garlic in a Wok. Add the marinaded 10 oz Chicken Breast and stir fry in the seasoned oil. Add 1/4 cup Chicken Stock, 3 Thin Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms, 1 Julianed Carrot,1 Thin Sliced Stalk Celery, and 1 Teaspoon Sesame Seed Oil stir fry. Add 2 Teaspoons Soy Sauce, 1/4 Cup Thin Sliced Green Onions,and 1 Teaspoon Black Soy Sauce. To finish the recipe add and stir fry 10 oz Fresh Chinese Chow Mein Noodles. Serve