*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *
 
                             Chicken Chow Mein
 
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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Chicken                          Oriental
                 Poultry                          Meats
                 Wok
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      1/2  pound         Egg noodles
    1 1/2  cups          Shredded chicken
    1      medium        Onion -- sliced
    2      cups          Celery sliced diagonally
    2                    Celery stalks sliced -- diagonally
                                         
    1 1/4  cups          Fresh mushrooms -- OR
      3/4  cup           Canned mushrooms
      1/2  cup           Sliced water chestnuts
      1/2  cup           Bamboo shoots -- sliced
    1      cup           Fresh bean sprouts -- OR
    1 1/2  cups          Shredded celery cabbage
    3      tablespoons   Soya sauce
                         Salt
                         Pepper
    4      tablespoons   Oil
 
 1. Prepare and slice all ingredients. Cook noodles in salted boiling
 water. Drai n in colander, run cold water over noodles to remove
 excessive starch from them.
  Reserve.
 
  2. Place oil in wok, heat to smoking point. Add chicken and onions,
 salt to it and stir fry 3 minutes, then add celery, celery cabbage or
 bean sprouts, stir fr y briefly, cover wok, cook ingredients 2
 minutes. Lift cover off wok, add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots,
 mushrooms, soya sauce, and cook for 3 minutes longer, with wok cover.
 Lift cover of wok 2 or 3 times to stir ingredients so that everything
 can be coo ked through. When ingredients are cooked, add pepper, more
 salt, if desired. Mix
  drained noodles in, stir everything up thoroughly.
 
  NOTE: Use egg noodles only. Macaroni does not contain egg and will
 break up whe n stirred as for chow mein. Shrimps or pork could be
 substituted for the meat ab ove or for super deluxe chow mein, a 1/2
 of each meat may be used.
 
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