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
Malcolm Green comes from three generations of caterers and has spent his life running kosher hotels, catering companies, destination weddings, and more than 70 glatt-kosher cruises around the world. Having absorbed global cuisines throughout his travels, he brings that experience into every menu he creates. Today, he oversees our kosher menu planning and food logistics, with all meals freshly prepared in our onboard kosher kitchens.
