If you can't find the Shaoxing wine, you can substitute with dry sherry, mirin, or a mixture of rice vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar. Then, pick up some vegetable broth and chow mein noodles.

This simple chow mein is packed with spring onions, mangetout and lightly marinated chicken. Cook the noodles by boiling them for 3–5 minutes in a pan of boiling water. Drain and plunge into ...

Cook this authentic Chinese chow mein noodle stir-fry in less than ten minutes, adding any crisp seasonal vegetables you fancy. Each serving provides 580 kcal, 49g protein, 67g carbohydrates (of ...

There are many types of chow mein. It is not just the cooking method that varies – the noodles (which can be thick or thin) can be stir-fried, deep-fried or pan-fried, and, of course ...

Put simply, chow mein means stir-fried noodles, while lo mein is a dish of ... give lo mein a softer texture than the crunchy, almost dry quality that is characteristic of chow mein.