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Crawfords Butchers (020 8422 4922)

39 Oldfields Circus, Northolt UB5 4RR (map)

Opening hours
Monday-Friday: 8am – 7pm
Saturday: 8am – 6pm
Sunday: 10am – 4pm

Chicken (pork, beef, duck or mushroom) Chow Mein

Another quick and easy Chinese dish this week that will feed 4 people. The secret to a good Chow Main is 4 things; it must be sweet, sour, salty and spicy.

As with all stir fries, get all the chopping and slicing done before you start cooking. Feel free to add or remove anything to this dish.

If you like mushrooms, chuck some in. Don't like it spicy, then forget the chilli. Ginger is also good, especially if using pork.

You will need

300g medium egg noodles
600/700g skinless chicken breast fillets sliced into strips. Pork tenderloin or beef fillet tails or duck breast work just as well
Mushrooms for a veggie option (ignore the cornflour bit)
Freshly ground black pepper
1 heaped tablespoon cornflour
2 tablespoons groundnut oil
2 small chillies, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic
3 large spring onions, 2 chopped into about an inch and sliced length ways, 1 chopped for decoration
1 red pepper, very finely sliced (optional)
150g bean sprouts (optional)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine or white vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar

It's this easy

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and put your wok or large frying pan on a high heat

Place the chicken strips in a bowl and season with a dash of soy sauce and pepper. Mix well, then lightly dust the chicken strips with the cornflour and mix to coat all the chicken

When your wok is smoking add the groundnut oil, then the chicken and stir fry for 3-4 minutes, or until the chicken is golden-brown and cooked through

When your chicken stars to brown, place the noodles in the water

Add the spring onion, chilli, garlic and other vegetables to the chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes

Pour in the soy sauce and rice wine and sprinkle on the sugar and stir fry for 30 seconds

With a ladle, add some of the water from the noodles to the chicken to make the sauce. A little at first, you can add, but you can't take away

Drain the noodles and place into bowls, add the chicken and sauce

Sprinkle the rest of the spring onion over the top

Enjoy