Chinese🍜 Noodles & pasta

Chin and Choo's Special Chow Mein

Name: Chin and Choo's Special Chow Mein
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 150 g sliced chicken breast; 1 tsp potato starch; a pinch salt; a pinch MSG; 2½ tsp seasoning sauce; ½ tsp garlic powder; a pinch bicarbonate of soda; 3-5 shelled and deveined king prawns; ~1 handful Lucky Boat No.1 noodles (prepped); 1 handful bean sprouts; 3 sliced spring onions; 1/3 tsp aged garlic puree; ½ tsp sugar; ¼ tsp salt; 2 tsp dark soy sauce; 2 tsp seasoning sauce; 1/3 tsp MSG; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp crispy onions; 2 tsp chopped chives

⏱ 30 min🍽 Serves 1

This is the signature chow mein recipe Chin and Choo used while guest-cooking at the China Star takeaway in Edinburgh. Velvet-marinated chicken breast, king prawns, noodles, bean sprouts and spring onion are stir-fried with a punchy garlic finish, then topped with crispy onions and chives for serious wok hei — way more flavorful than a standard takeaway chow mein.

Adapted from a video by Ziang's Food Workshop

Chin and Choo's CHINA STAR Chow Mein

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Ingredients

sliced chicken breast150 g
potato starch1 tsp
salta pinch
MSGa pinch
seasoning saucefor marinating the chicken2½ tsp
garlic powder½ tsp
bicarbonate of sodaa pinch
shelled and deveined king prawns3-5
Lucky Boat No.1 noodles (prepped)~1 handfulest.

Steps

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1
Mix the sliced chicken breast with potato starch, salt, MSG, seasoning sauce, garlic powder and bicarbonate of soda. Let it marinate — a few minutes minimum, ideally 20 minutes or overnight in the fridge for best flavor and texture.
2
Heat the wok, add the vegetable oil, and once it's just starting to smoke, add the marinated chicken. Stir-fry on high heat until browned.
3
Once the chicken starts to color, add the prawns and spring onion along with a pinch of salt and MSG. Cook just until the prawns turn color — don't overcook them.
4
Push the ingredients aside to make space, add the noodles, and let them sit undisturbed for 10-15 seconds to pick up some char before flipping a couple of times.
5
Add the dark soy sauce and seasoning sauce, then let the noodles sit and cook until the liquid reduces and caramelizes to a deep color.
6
Add the bean sprouts along with a little aged garlic puree and sugar. Toss quickly for about 30-40 seconds just to cook off the rawness of the bean sprouts, letting the garlic release its punchy flavor without tasting raw.
7
Finish by sprinkling over the crispy onions and fresh chopped chives as garnish, and the signature chow mein is ready to serve.

Chin and Choo's Special Chow Mein

Ingredients

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