To all those who say this meal doesn't have very much flavor I want to remind you that chow mien is a mild dish with subtle flavors. It is not a heavily spiced or spicy dish. I prepared this dish exactly as written being very careful with accuracy in measuring. I followed the preparation as written. The chicken was very flavorful and moist. I did salt it slightly after browning it in the pan. The veggies added the right amount of crunch and sweetness. The flavor was subtle but I thought it was very flavorful. I cooked the noodles 5 minutes and after assembling all the ingredients together I brought the broth to a boil then turned off the burner and let the noodle mixture sit for about 5 minutes. This let them absorb most of the liquid which made them just the right consistency and the sauce thicker. This is the best chow mein recipe I have ever tasted. Thanks
To all those who say this meal doesn't have very much flavor I want to remind you that chow mien is a mild dish with subtle flavors. It is not a heavily spiced or spicy dish. I prepared this dish exactly as written being very careful with accuracy in measuring. I followed the preparation as written. The chicken was very flavorful and moist. I did salt it slightly after browning it in the pan. The veggies added the right amount of crunch and sweetness. The flavor was subtle but I thought it was very flavorful. I cooked the noodles 5 minutes and after assembling all the ingredients together I brought the broth to a boil then turned off the burner and let the noodle mixture sit for about 5 minutes. This let them absorb most of the liquid which made them just the right consistency and the sauce thicker. This is the best chow mein recipe I have ever tasted. Thanks
I made this for dinner last night and it must have been very good because there was none left by the time I got around to eating! Everyone loved it. I added a little fresh finely minced ginger with the garlic because we all love ginger. I used a 10 oz package of noodles as that is the size they came in. When making this don't over cook the noodles or you will end up with mush. 4 - 5 minutes is all they take. Have everything chopped and prepped as this comes together really fast and there is no time to stop and measure or chop.
This is amazingly flavorless in a way that defies physics cooking and all reason. I dumped in an entire bottle of teriyaki sauce & a cup of peanuts to attempt to coax it back to life but nothing could be done; our dinner had flatlined.
Watch the video if you haven't yet. This is really great dish. I added a bit of coleslaw mix instead of bok choy when I realized I had forgotten to buy some. Not the same but it worked out beautifully. I've used pork instead of chicken and we've used both. We love this meal I add mushrooms to ours sometimes little corn on the cobs whatever we have in the pantry when we get a craving for this chow mein. It's delicious!
The recipe did take a lot of prep work but the taste was as good as the lo mein noodles in a Chinese restaurant without the greasy taste. My children loved it and asked for seconds. I especially appreciated the additions of vegetables.
Changed it a little by replacing the zucchini with bean sprouts and didn't have oyster sauce on hand so just used broth. We used dry noodles instead of the cooked noodles. My husband loved it and he is very pick about his Chinese food.
Great recipe easy to modify... Using what I had on hand substituted skinless thighs and instead of marinating cooked in very light sesame oil with minced ginger and soy sauce removed the bones as they cooked & added the cornstarch mixed with a little cold water and 1 Tbsp soy sauce plus a little garlic/onion powder after the broth/oyster sauce/sugar mix. Also used only 1 head bok choy but upped to 1 whole small zucchini and added a little celery 1/2 can water chestnuts and 1/2 can cut baby corn. Very flexible. As prepared it was really flavorful.
This was bland. I did make a couple changes that probably affected flavor some but I doubt they would have changed the overall flavor enough to make much of a difference. Instead of sesame oil I used canola oil plus a very generous amount of sesame seeds to get the sesame flavor. Instead of Oyster Sauce I used 2 T chicken broth 1/4 tsp white vinegar. To make it palatable I needed to add a lot more green onion soy sauce and garlic salt. This is probably a good base recipe. Will play with it to try to make it really good.
This dish is awesome! I must say I modify the recipe by increasing the amount of garlic (8 cloves) add a good splash of oyster sauce to the chicken marinade and increase the amount of sesame oil and soy sauce. Those who have commented that it is flavorless can also try to considerably increase the amounts of sauces. Oh and instead of 250 gr I put 500 gr of chicken. Simply delicious!! Good food must be made with generous hands so don't stick too rigidly to the recipe!!
