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King Prawn Chow Mein

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.

Course Dinner, light lunch, light supper, Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword beansprouts, noodles, prawns, red pepper, stir fry
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

For the Chow Mein Sauce –

  • 100g/5 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 2½ tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 4 teaspoons caster sugar
  • 2½ teaspoons dark soy sauce
  • 1¼ teaspoons dark sesame oil
  • 1¼ teaspoons Shao Xing wine/ Chinese rice cooking wine – or use dry sherry

For the stir fry –

  • 60g/½ white onion, peeled and sliced
  • 75g/1 carrot, peeled and cut into thin batons
  • 1 red pepper/capsicum, stem and seeds removed and cut into thin slices
  • 3 spring onions, trimmed and cut into 5cm/2″ pieces
  • 16g/4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped or crushed
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 600g fresh egg noodles – I use prepared and ready to use noodles from the supermarket
  • ⅛ teaspoon fine salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon chilli flakes
  • 300g cooked, peeled prawns, king prawns, tiger prawns or shrimp
  • 100g bean sprouts, rinsed

To serve –

  • extra sliced spring onions
  • slices of red chilli
  • chopped coriander
  • sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.

  2. Please note - stir fries come together very quickly, so make sure that you have everything ready, vegetables prepared etc, before you start cooking.

  3. First make the Chow Mein Sauce – simply measure everything into a jug or small bowl and mix thoroughly.

  4. 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.

  5. Heat oil over a moderately hot temperature and cook the onion, stirring regularly, for 1 minute.

  6. Add the pepper slices and carrot batons and cook for a further minute.

  7. Now add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

  8. 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.

  9. Finally, throw in the prawns, beansprouts and spring onion. Cook, stirring for 2 minutes or until everything is piping hot.

  10. Serve immediately sprinkled with extra spring onion, chilli slices, chopped coriander or parsley and scatter over some sesame seeds.

Recipe Notes

Equipment:

  • kitchen scales and measuring spoons
  • chopping board and knife
  • jug or small bowl
  • wok or large frying pan