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Ken Hom's chicken chow mein recipe
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Ken Hom's chicken chow mein recipe

20 ingredients 10 min + 20 min 4 people openrecipes

A classic: chicken chow mein, by the legendary Ken Hom.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1067
Calories
71g
Protein
51g
Fat
72g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 225 dried or fresh egg noodles
  • g sesame oil
  • 4 dried red chillis
  • tbsp boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into fine shred 5 cm (2 in) long
  • 5 groundnut oil
  • 100 finely chopped garlic
  • g mangetout, finely shredded
  • 2.5 Parma ham, or cooked ham, finely shredded
  • tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 dark soy sauce
  • tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
  • 50 salt
  • g freshly ground white pepper
  • 50 sugar
  • g finely chopped spring onions
  • 2 light soy sauce
  • tsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
  • 2 sesame oil
  • tsp salt
  • 1 freshly ground white pepper

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