Minnesota Style Chow Mein Food

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees C and spray the inside of a large casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Brown ground beef in large skillet with chopped onion over medium- high heat.
• Cook celery in 1/2 cup water in microwave (covered) for 4- 5 minutes until soft. Drain off remaining water.
• Add celery, tomato soup, mushroom soup and rice to ground beef.
• Combine ground beef mixture with chow mein noodles (dry) into prepared casserole dish and sprinkle on soya sauce.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

HAMBURGER CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Saute meat and onion in a small amount of butter or vegetable oil until meat is brown and no longer pink.
• Add salt, pepper, celery and water; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add bean sprouts.
• Blend cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and add soy sauce, sugar and brown gravy sauce.
• Stir into meat mixture and heat until thickened.
• Serve over Chow Mein Noodles.
• VARIATION: Omit hamburger and use leftover pork roast cut into bite size pieces along with leftover gravy. Canned sliced water chestnuts and/or a can of baby corn is a lovely addition as well.
• NOTE: This may also be served over linguine instead of Chow Mein Noodles as in Lo Mein.

CHOW MEIN

Steps:

• Cook 225g egg noodles in a large pan of boiling water for 3-5 mins, then drain and put them in cold water. Drain thoroughly, toss them with 1 tbsp sesame oil and set aside.
• Combine 100g chicken breasts, cut into fine shreds, with 2 tsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry, 1 tsp sesame oil, ½ tsp white pepper and ½ tsp salt for the marinade, mix well and then leave to marinate for about 10 mins.
• Heat a wok over a high heat. Add 1 tbsp groundnut oil and, when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the chicken shreds.
• Stir-fry for about 2 mins and then transfer to a plate.
• Wipe the wok clean, reheat until it is very hot then add 1½ tbsp groundnut oil.
• When the oil is slightly smoking, add the 2 finely chopped garlic cloves and stir-fry for 10 seconds.
• Add 50g finely shredded mangetout and 50g finely shredded prosciutto, and stir-fry for about 1 min.
• Add the noodles, 2 tsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp dark soy sauce,1 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry, ½ tsp white pepper, ½ tsp golden caster sugar, 2 finely chopped spring onions and 1 tsp salt.
• Stir-fry for 2 mins. Return the chicken and any juices to the noodle mixture. Stir-fry for about 3-4 mins or until the chicken is cooked.
• Add 1 tsp sesame oil and give the mixture a few final stirs. Put on a warm platter and serve immediately.