Chicken and Prawn Chow Mein

Recipe of the week……………. Chicken & Prawn Chow Mein

Everybody loves good Asian food, as it delivers such fresh flavours, and it is quite simple to make at home, I have always loved Chow Mein and Chop Suey, so this week I am going to do a nice simple Chow Mein recipe, essentially all that Chow Mein means is “fried noodles” so what you put in is totally up to your self, I have done a nice prawn and chicken Chow Mein

Serves: 4

Difficulty: Easy

Cooking time: 15-20 Minutes

Prep Time: 15-30 Minutes (depending on knife skills or buying in already julienne vegetables and cleaned prawns)

Ingredients

1kg Prawns shelled and deveined (26/30 count is a nice size prawn)

500g Chicken Breast Fillet cut into strips

3 Cups Julienne vegetables ( I used baby marrow, mixed peppers, green beans, onion, patty pans, baby gems, baby butternut and carrots, however in Spar they have a wonderful selection of already julienne'd vegetable packs, those will work fine too)

1 Pkt Chinese Egg Noodles – pre cooked in boiling salted water for 6 minutes

4 TBSP Kikkoman Soy Sauce

4 TBSP Oyster Sauce

4 TBSP Black Bean Paste

2 TBSP sesame oil

2 TBSP finely slice pickled ginger

Handful freshly chopped coriander

½ cup toasted chopped peanuts (optional for garnishing)

2 red chilli’s sliced (optional for garnishing and adding a little heat to the dish)

Method

Sautee the chicken in a Wok or frying pan in a little olive oil, when it starts to colour and cook through add in the vegetables let these cook for about 2 minutes then add in the prawns, when the prawns turn pink add in the noodles and stir fry this for another 2 minutes, add in all the sauce ingredients along with the pickled ginger and coriander, toss this around for about 1 minute. Then serve

Chef’s Note: The sauce ingredients can be as simple as you would like them to be, I love the flavour of black bean paste and oyster sauce that’s why I included them in my recipe, but it is up to you.