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Taiwanese Chow Mein Recipe

Taiwanese Chow Mein recipe
Tiffy Cooks

The long-awaited AUTHENTIC, Traditional Grandma’s Taiwanese Chow Mein recipe, is finally here! Nothing reminds me more of home than my Grandma’s Taiwanese Chow Mein that is savory, addicting, and is the one that you find at night markets in Taiwan. Crunchy cabbage, juicy pork, fragrant shiitake mushroom, and saucy noodles, this recipe is everything you want in your chow mein! The best part … grandma’s waste no time; this recipe is quick and super easy to make at home.

Ingredients

350 g of Noodles (~4 servings)
250 g of sliced Pork (pork shoulder, pork belly or, pork butt)
3 Green Onion (chopped into 2-inch pieces)
4 cups of Cabbage (sliced)
1 cup of Carrots (shredded)
2 cups of Shiitake Mushroom (sliced)
3 Small Shallots (minced)
¼ cup of dehydrated Shrimp (rinsed & optional)
0.5 cup of Water
1.5 tbsp of Soy Sauce
1 tsp of White Pepper
1 tsp of Sugar
2 tbsp of Chinese Cooking Wine (optional)
2 tbsp of Soy Sauce
2.5 tbsp of Oyster Sauce
3 tbsp of Black Vinegar
2 tsp of Sugar
1.5 tsp of White Pepper

Method

1
Marinate the sliced pork with soy sauce, white pepper, sugar, and Chinese cooking wine (optional) for 5-10 minutes.
2
To prepare the sauce, mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, white pepper, and black vinegar.
3
In a pan, drizzle in a generous amount of oil and turn the heat to medium-high. Once the pan is hot, add in sliced shallots, sliced shiitake mushroom, and dehydrated shrimp. Sauce for 2-3 minutes.
4
Next, add in pork and saute for another 2-3 minutes.
5
Add in the sliced cabbage and shredded carrot, and mix. Pour in 0.5 cups of water and put the lid on, and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
6
Add in the noodles, pour in the sauce, mix everything. Put the lid on and let it cook for another 2-3 minutes.
7
Add in green onion, turn the heat up to high, saute on high heat for another 1-2 minutes.

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