Umami Chicken Chow Mein

Submitted by LiisaN

"When I lived in TX, I was trying to duplicate a light sauce based chicken chow mein similar to one of my favorite take-outs in Minneapolis. This is relatively close and very tasty!! Now that I'm back in the Minneapolis area, I tell my DH that I've forgotten how to make chow mein..."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 cup sliced onion
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms (or 1 can)
• 3⁄4 cup biased cut celery
• 1⁄2 cup sliced water chestnuts
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 cups cooked chicken strips
• 1 (16 ounce) can bean sprouts, drained
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• salt
• white pepper
• 1 dash Accent seasoning (msg)

directions

1. Cook vegetables in oil- until tender.
2. Add chicken and bean sprouts.
3. Add the broth- bring to slight boil.
4. Add salt, pepper and Accent to taste.
5. Make a mixture of the cornstarch and water.
6. Add this mixture to other ingredients for thickening.
7. Serve over rice or chow mein noodles.

Reviews

[Brians Girl]

This is exactly the chow mein recipe I was looking for. It was delicious and easy as pie to make. Great for when you don't want a complicated dinner. I served it on crunchy noodles and made some fried rice. I will definitely make this again. Next time I will use fresh bean sprouts as I didn't like the canned taste, and they are so readily available in my area. I also didn't have Accent, and it was still yummy. This is my first recipe/review on Zaar. So far so good!

 

[luvtocook99]

I don't like mushrooms so I left them out. This is a keeper. I also doubled the cornstarch. yum! Oh, and added salt/pepper and a clove of fresh minced garlic

 

[tautgy]

I substituted red pepper for the mushrooms and it was excellant. Rice and crispy asian noodles were a great texture combo. I doubled the cornstarch for better consistency.

 

[Chefwendel]

I agree with Ginny Sue this recipe has great ingredients but it lacks flavor. Probably because I would never use Accent in any recipe due to my allergy as well. I added soya sauce as well but it still needs tweeking.

 

[Ginny Sue]

I liked the combination of ingredients in this recipe but knew it would be too bland for us without soy sauce or stir-fry sauce. So I made Recipe #204695 and added it with the cornstarch mixture. I served this over steamed white rice.