King Prawn Chow Mein is a delicious, authentic Chinese stir fry, quick and easy to make and far better than any take-away! It is loaded with king prawns, crispy vegetables and noodles, swathed in a luscious, dark sauce made from staple, supermarket ingredients including oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame and Shao Xing wine.
Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.
Please note - stir fries come together very quickly, so make sure that you have everything ready, vegetables prepared etc, before you start cooking.
First make the Chow Mein Sauce – simply measure everything into a jug or small bowl and mix thoroughly.
Now make the stir fry –
Prepare the vegetables and set aside:
- peel and slice the onion,
- peel the carrot and slice into thin batons,
- remove the stem and seeds from the red pepper/capsicum and cut into thin slices,
- trim the spring onions and cut into 5cm/2in pieces,
- peel and crush the cloves of garlic.
Heat oil over a moderately hot temperature and cook the onion, stirring regularly, for 1 minute.
Add the pepper slices and carrot batons and cook for a further minute.
Now add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Toss in the noodles, salt, pepper, chilli flakes and the Chow Mein sauce. Stir thoroughly to mix and cook for 2 minutes to heat everything up.
Finally, throw in the prawns, beansprouts and spring onion. Cook, stirring for 2 minutes or until everything is piping hot.
Serve immediately sprinkled with extra spring onion, chilli slices, chopped coriander or parsley and scatter over some sesame seeds.
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