Instant Chow Mein
 
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It’s easy to upgrade your instant noodles into the popular Chow Mein. Only takes 10 minutes to make your stir-fry noodles or yakisoba using instant ramen.
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 packs instant noodles
  • 12 oz Trader Joe's pre-cooked pork belly
  • 4 cups cabbage
  • ½ cup carrot
  • 1 cup onion
  • ½ cup reconstituted shiitake mushroom
  • ½ cup green onion
Instructions
  1. Thinly slice about 8 oz of pork belly and cut the remaining 4 oz into chunks
  2. Slice cabbage thinly so it’s noodle-like
  3. Julienne carrots, onions, green onions
  4. Reconstitute mushrooms in warm water
  5. Boil pot of water, put instant noodle to cook (but reserve the flavor packs for later)
  6. After noodles soften but not yet fully cooked, remove and drain - this is how we can keep the noodles “al dente”
  7. Pan fry pork belly slices and set aside as a topping for later
  8. Use the oil extracted from pork belly, add onions and cook until aromatic
  9. Toss in remaining pork belly chunks, carrots, mushrooms, and cabbage (reserve green onions until last)
  10. Stir fry for 3 - 5 minutes until vegetables start to soften, covering if needed
  11. Mix in noodles, add flavor pack and green onions
  12. Toss until everything is well mixed
  13. Serves two people - don’t forget to top your noodles with the pork belly slices
Recipe by It's My Dish at https://itsmydish.com/instant-chow-mein/