In American Chinese Cuisine it is a stir-fried dish consisting of noodles, meat (chicken being most common but beef. or tofu sometimes being substituted), onions and celery. It is often served as a specific dish at westernized Chinese restaurants. Vegetarian or vegan chow mein is also common.

A very popular dish we will be serving on our Mekong cruise. Unfortunately, that cruise is sold out. However, we have a few cabins available on our January winter sunshine cruise in the Caribbean.

Ingredients:

• 4 lb Sliced best quality beef into strips
• Sugar ½ lb
• Soy sauce
• 16 dried Chinese mushrooms
• 2 lb Beansprouts
• 2 Cans bamboo shoots
• Cornflour
• 2 pints beef stock
• 12 spring onions
• 4 Sticks of long celery sliced into strips
• 2 small cans Water chestnuts
• 10 eggs

Instructions:

• Mix seasoning, sugar and soy sauce.
• Marinate the beef for ½ hour.
• Soak the mushrooms in war, water for 20 mins.
• (If you can’t find Chinese mushrooms, use regular mushrooms, no need to soak)
• Cut spring onions into 1 “ strips.
• Mix cornflour and stock together. Add the hot stock slowly.
• Drain beef and reserve marinade.
• Stir-fry beef.
• Cover and simmer till tender