She told me that it's traditional to serve a noodle dish for a birthday dinner, and she would like chow mien. I told her I would use a recipe from one of my friends. On her birthday an international student who used to board with us came over with her friend to help me cook. For this dinner I also made Chinese bok choy chicken soup, Rose's Chinese BBQ chicken, and mandarin salad (All of these recipes are listed below!). All her friends enjoyed it, and her roommate told me that there are many varieties of chow mien in China! It was great to be a part of her first birthday in America!
The Cheung's Chow Mien - for 6 to 8
1. Prepare chicken & Marinade: Let the chicken marinade at least an hour.
(1) Cut up 2 chicken breasts into 1" pieces or you can use 3 thighs.
(2) Marinade: 1 T gluten free tamari, 1/2 T sesame oil, 1 t rice wine (mirin), 2 t cornstarch, 1/2 t 5 spice powder, 1/2 t minced ginger root, 7 drops of Sriracha sauce (hot chili sauce), 1/2 t salt, and 1/8 t pepper.
(1) Peel 2 carrots and cut into 1 1/2" sticks or use a kitchen tool that does this.
(2) Cut 2 stalks of celery lengthwise then cut them diagonally.
(3) Cut 1/2 of a yellow onion into thin slices. (Slice across the top of the onion, it will easily fall apart)
(4) Slice 1/2 of a cabbage into thin slices about 1" long
(5) Slice 2 green onions--slice the white parts and put into a separate pinch bowl from the green part, slice them into 1" slices.
(6) Mince up 4 clove of garlic and 3 t of minced ginger (you will stir fry this in the oil first)
(7) Chop up 1/4 of a bunch of cilantro
3. Stir fry seasoning for vegetables--Put into a small pinch bowl: 1 t Bragg Organic Sprinkle 21 Herbs & Spices Seasoning (or any of your favorite no salt seasoning), 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t black pepper, 1 T of gluten free tamari.
4. Noodle seasoning--Put in a small bowl: 6 T of gluten free tamari, 2 T gluten free hoisin sauce, 3 T of sesame oil, and 1-2 T bean sauce.
5. Prepare rice noodles: Soak 12-14 oz of thin rice stick noodles. You can ask someone at an Asian market which ones are best for chow mien. The cashier at our Asian market told me it's best to soak the rice noodles for 30 minutes in cold water before putting them into a pot of boiling water for a few minutes. You can also drain the cold water and pour boiling water over them in the baking pan (like you see below) and let them soak for another 10-15 minutes until ready. She said soaking them first in cold water keeps them from breaking apart in boiling water.
6. Stir fry the chicken:
(1) Put 2 T of coconut oil into a wok and let it heat up.
(2) Add the whites of the green onions and garlic and stir fry for 10-20 seconds.
(3) Then add the chicken and stir fry until done.
(4) Put the chicken into a covered dish to keep warm while you do the vegetables.
7. Stir fry the vegetables:
(1) Put 2 T more coconut oil into the wok and warm up.
(2) Add carrots, celery, onion, and cabbage and stir fry 3-4 minutes.
() Then sprinkle with the seasoning bowl that has Bragg seasonings, salt, pepper, and gluten free tamari.
(3) Add the green onion tops and cilantro and stir fry for another 2 minutes.
(4) Add the dish of chicken to stay warm.
8. Stir fry the noodles:
(1) Put 2 more T of coconut oil into the wok and warm up.
(2) Then add half of the drained rice noodles and stir fry for a few seconds.
(3) Add half of the bowl of noodle seasoning.
(4) Stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
(6) Then add 2 T more oil and stir fry the last half of the noodles with the remaining sauce.
(7) Add everything from the covered dish into the wok and for a few minutes use two wooden spoons to lift the noodles and gently mix all the ingredients together.
Optional: You can beat 2 eggs and cook them like an omelet. Flip and let brown slightly. Cut into strips.
Other Chinese recipes on this blog:
Note about Internet recipes: For the past 6 years we've hosted international students. Whenever I've made something, they have tasted it, and given me recommendations to make it taste more authentic. Most of these Internet recipes have been tweaked by their suggestions.
BEEF RECIPES:
Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
The Best Gluten Free Mongolian Beef Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Ginger Beef Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
CHICKEN RECIPES:
Gluten Free Chinese Almond Chicken Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Amazing Gluten Free Chinese Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Chicken Broccoli Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Stir Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Authentic Chinese BBQ Chicken (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Rose's Chinese Yellow Curry with Chicken & Vegetables (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Gluten Free Chinese - Fantastic Soy Sauce Chicken (Modification of Internet recipe)
Rose's Authentic Stir-Fried Chicken & Vegetables (Made Gluten Free!)
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
TOFU RECIPES:
Tofu & Vegetable Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Orange "Beef" Tofu Stir- Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
FISH RECIPES:
Steamed Scallion Ginger Fish with Stir-Fried Bok Choy (Modification of Internet recipe)
Fantastic Mahi & Vegetable Stir Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)
Tasty Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Fish (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
NOODLES & RICE:
Gluten Free Chinese Fried Rice (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)
The Cheung's Gluten Free Chow Mien (My Bible study friend Rose taught me this)
SOUP RECIPES:
Chinese Chicken Soups - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot (Combination of Internet & Yingying a student from China)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup (From my Syre School Cookbook)
SALAD RECIPES
Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Rose's Refreshing Cucumber Salad (From a Bible study friend)
Chinese Mandarin Salad & Thai Peanut Dressing (Dressing is from my friend Judi)
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