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Easy Shrimp Chow Mein

slightly sweet yet spicy kung pao shrimp chow mein.

Chinese30 minhard2 servings
Easy Shrimp Chow Mein

Ingredients

  • 200 g fresh egg noodles or dried egg noodles ( , around 1/2 pound)
  • 2 cup sof fresh shrimp ( , or 1 cup of frozen prawn)
  • 2 tablespoon speanuts oil
  • 1 green pepper slice d
  • 3 gloves garlic ( , minced)
  • 1 inch root ginger slice d
  • 1 scallion slice d
  • 1 tablespoon roasted peanuts
  • 3 ~5 dried chili peppers
  • 2 dash es black pepper powder
  • 1 tablespoon chopped spring onions
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon sdark soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon ssugar
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoon sblack vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon chicken stock or water

Instructions

  1. Peel the fresh shrimp and then cut trail and head. Or unfreeze the frozen prawn.
  2. Prepare a small bowl; add all the ingredients for stir fry sauce. Set aside.
  3. Heat up 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in pan; add the shrimp in when you can see the waves on the surface. Do a few quick fry and move the shrimp out.
  4. Leave some oil in pan after removing the shrimps out. Add garlic, ginger, and scallions to stir fry around 1/2 minute until aroma and then add dried chili pepper to continue cooking for 3 minutes.
  5. Add green peppers slice to cook until soft. Return shrimps in and pour in the stir fry sauce. Mix well.
  6. Add roasted peanuts in. Mix well and set aside.
  7. Cook the egg noodles in boiling water around 5 minutes. Then transfer out and drain.
  8. Heat up 1 tablespoon cooking oil in wok. Add cooked egg noodles as well as the cooked kung pao shrimp in. Add 2 dashes of black pepper powder, mix well.
  9. Garnish some chopped onions and serve hot!