CANTONESE CHOW MIEN

By That Bloody Botak

 CANTONESE CHOW MIEN 


This might sound weird to some, but Chinese celebrate the birthday one last time for a person who has recently passed on. My mother-in-law passed away quite a few months ago. Today is her birthday, so they are celebrating it with all of her favourite foods. Being the good son-in-law I am (my father-in-law will be violently objecting in hell), I made siu yoke and birthday noodles for her. The regular Cantonese chow mein does not have meat in it, but since we're gonna eat it too, I put marinaded slivers of pork loin inside. They have bean sprouts but I left that out too. Hell, what does a Baba know about Cantonese food, right?😜😜😜 So here's what u need and how to do it.




Ingredients

2 portions of dried egg noodles
 
Light soy sauce 

Dark soy sauce 

Oyster sauce 

Sesame oil 

Corn starch 

Chinese rice wine 

8 slices of pork loin, thinly sliced and cut to slivers 

Carrot, cut to slivers 

Chilli, cut to slivers 

Onion, cut to slivers 

3 cloves of garlic, minced

Spring onions, cut to slivers

Dried mushrooms, rehydrated and thinly sliced


Method

Marinade the pork slivers with a teaspoon of light soy sauce, Oyster sauce, sesame oil, corn flour and a tablespoon of Chinese cooking wine


Cook the egg noodles according to the instructions on the pack.... Mine said 3mins, but I only cooked it for 2.5mins.


Once it's done, pour cool running water over it to prevent it for cooking further. This will be to ensure the noodles don't break up while frying. U need nice long strands of noodles for birthday noodles.

Now in a bowl mix 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of Oyster sauce, 2 teaspoon sesame oil 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce, 2 teaspoon sugar and 2 tablespoons water, mix thoroughly and pour it into the noodles. Mixing the sauce in the noodles before frying it ensures that the noodles won't break while stirring in the wok

In a hot wok with a little oil, sautee the pork


Add all the other ingredients except the spring onions and sautee till almost cooked

Put in the noodles and fry till it's dry


Lastly add the spring onions, stir it around a bit and it's done


I cooked and packed it from my kitchen as that's where I feel comfortable cooking. My mouth's watering just looking at it. This is one easy meal to prepare. Try it! You'll love it!

Take care, and stay safe everyone!




These recipes are good for those who want to cook for one or two without going all out but still wanting to enjoy good food. Simple to prepare and tasty food every time!

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