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Real Vegetarian Chow Mein

15 mins Cook
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I am not vegetarian. however given a desire of this Vegetarian Chow Mein or a bird chow mein, i might pick out this one any day of the week. due to the fact i’m completely in love with the caramelised tofu. i’m able to’t get sufficient of it. The crazy thing is that it is ridiculously easy to make – I feel like a fraud calling it “caramelised tofu”. It’s sincerely slices of tofu drizzled with soy sauce and chinese cooking wine, then stir fried over high heat for 1 minute.

Vegetarian Chow Mein


The traditional chow mein sauce carries oyster sauce (in addition to meat). This vegetarian/vegan model of chow mein is very close to the conventional version, however i have created a sauce with out oyster sauce in it.
I’ve protected instructions to make the sauce from scratch in addition to the guidelines for making this using my real chinese All cause Stir Fry Sauce (Vegetarian model) which, when you have a stash of it accessible, makes this super brief to make due to the fact you already have the sauce ready made! This recipe is a conventional instance of why I always have a jar of the All cause Stir Fry sauce inside the refrigerator (facilitates that it lasts months!).
that is a notable 15 minute meal!

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Real Vegetarian Chow Mein

Real Vegetarian Chow Mein

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I am not vegetarian. however given a desire of this Vegetarian Chow Mein or a bird chow mein, i might pick out this one any day of the week. due to the fact i'm completely in love with the caramelised tofu. i'm able to’t get sufficient of it. The crazy thing is that it is ridiculously easy to make – I feel like a fraud calling it “caramelised tofu”. It’s sincerely slices of tofu drizzled with soy sauce and chinese cooking wine, then stir fried over high heat for 1 minute.
prep time
10 mins
cooking time
15 mins
servings
2
total time
25 mins

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6 oz / 180 g fresh chow mein noodles

  • 2 tbsp oil

  • 2 garlic cloves , minced

  • 2 cups shredded Chinese cabbage

  • 1/2 cup carrot , julienned

  • 2 scallion/shallot stems , cut into 2"/4cm pieces

  • 1 cup bean sprouts

  • TOFU AND MARINADE

  • 5 oz / 150 g firm tofu , sliced

  • 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

  • 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine

  • SAUCE

  • 1/2 tbsp hoisin sauce

  • 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

  • 1/2 tbsp chilli garlic sauce or sriracha (optional)

  • 2 tsp sugar

  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil

  • 1/4 cup water

  • White pepper

Instructions

1
Put together noodles consistent with packet commands (generally soaking it in boiling water).
2
Combine tofu with marinade and set aside for five mins.
3
Combine sauce elements in a small bowl.
4
Heat oil in wok over high heat, add garlic and stir fry for 10 seconds.
5
Add tofu and stir fry until beginning to caramelise - about 1 minute. Stir fry lightly so the tofu does not damage.
6
Upload the cabbage and carrot and stir fry till the cabbage starts offevolved to wilt.
7
Upload the noodles, scallions/shallots, bean sprouts and sauce and stir fry until the noodles are warmed via and sauce calmly coats the noodles - about 1 minute. do not prepare dinner it too much - the bean sprouts ought to still be quite crisp, not wilted.
8
Serve at once.
9

Directions the use of homemade actual chinese ALL purpose STIR FRY SAUCE

If you have a jar of home made actual chinese language All reason Stir Fry Sauce, you do no longer need to make the marinade or sauce for this recipe.
10
Substitute the tofu marinade with 1 tbsp Stir Fry Sauce
11
Alternative the Sauce ingredients with 1/four cup Stir Fry Sauce and 1/four cup water.

Notes

you can alternative the noodles with other egg noodles (eg. hokkien) or even rice noodles. chinese cooking wine may be substituted with sake or sherry. you may also use mirin, but if you do then do not use the 2 tsp sugar. nutrition in keeping with serving.
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