Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, prawns chow mein. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A healthy and fresh dish inspired by the classic takeaway recipe. This king prawn chow mein features a blend of Shaoxing rice wine, soy sauce and sesame oil. This recipe is the perfect example of how you can change a stodgy takeaway dish into a delicious, healthy and fresh dinner.
Prawns Chow Mein is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Prawns Chow Mein is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook prawns chow mein using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Prawns Chow Mein:
- Prepare 300 g Prawns
- Get 150 g Dried Egg Noodles
- Get 2 Tablespoon Oyster Sauce
- Get 2 Teaspoon Soya Sauce
- Prepare 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Vegetable Stock
- Take 1/2 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
- Take 5 Cloves Garlic
- Prepare 1 Piece Ginger
- Get 1 Medium Onion
- Make ready 150 g Shiitake Mushrooms
- Prepare 3 Baby Corn
- Get 1 Bunch Bok Choy
- Make ready 1 Broccoli
- Take Other Vegetables (if any)
- Take Oil
- Take Salt
There are also thin and thick noodles. For the best and most authentic homemade Chow Mein like Chinese restaurants or takeouts, I recommend thin, fresh egg noodles. Shrimp Chow Mein is Low Calories. Unlike takeouts, shrimp chow mein is low in calories.
Steps to make Prawns Chow Mein:
- Peel the prawns & take the vein out. Marinate the prawns with one teaspoon soy sauce, salt & 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Add salt & half a teaspoon of dried oregano in a pot filled with boiling water. Add egg noodles into it. Cook for about a minute or till the block becomes loose(40% cooked). Drain & set aside. You can also use fresh egg noodles.
- Finely chop ginger & garlic.
- Chop mushrooms, onion, bok choy, broccoli, baby corn or any other vegetables you're planning to use.
- Heat some oil & fry the prawns. Keep it aside. You can also add the prawns along with the vegetables, but if you fry it separately the prawns will have more flavour.
- Add one tablespoon of oil & put chopped ginger garlic into it. Saute till brown.
- Turn the heat to high. Add onion. Stir fry for a minute
- Add mushrooms, baby corn & bok choy next. Stir fry for a minute
- Add the rest of the vegetables & saute for about 30 seconds.
- Prepare the sauce by adding the oyster sauce, vegetable stock, 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper & 1 teaspoon of soy sauce.
- Add noodles & pour sauce over it. Stir fry till all the water in the sauce evaporates. Add salt if needed.
- Add the cooked prawns. If you added it along with the vegetables ignore this step. Mix & serve hot.
This homemade chow mein is loaded with shrimp, vegetables, and healthier and less greasy compared to Shrimp Chow Mein in Chinese restaurant or takeout. Easy enough for a last-minute dinner, this shrimp chow mein recipe will satisfy cravings for take-out. You can use any vegetables of your choice like carrots, onions, snap peas, cabbage or celery (I often use carrots, celery and onion) in seafood chow mein recipe. You can also substitute for a different protein like oyster or even chicken if you are not a big seafood. Chow mein (/ ˈ tʃ aʊ ˈ m eɪ n / and / ˈ tʃ aʊ ˈ m iː n /, simplified Chinese: 炒面; traditional Chinese: 炒麵) are Chinese stir-fried noodles with vegetables and sometimes meat or tofu; the name is a romanization of the Taishanese chāu-mèn.
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