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Vegetable Chowmein

Vegetable Chowmein

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Vegetable Chowmein is the classic noodle dish made with wheat flour noodles stir fried with vegetables and Chinese sauces. It's spicy scrumptious dish that is a crowd pleaser and hit for parties, potlucks and gatherings or even weekend meals.
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Course Main
Cuisine Indo-Chinese
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Work/Kadhai/Pan
  • Pan/Pot to boil noodles
  • Knife
  • Peeler to peel carrots
  • Chopping Board
  • Mandoline
  • Measuring Cups and Spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Pack Angel hair Spaghetti or any good noodle (500g /14-17 oz.)
  • 1 medium Onion(thinly sliced)
  • 1 cup Mixed Colored Bell Peppers
  • ½ Cabbage(green/purple)thinly sliced/shredded or 1 small
  • 1 Carrots
  • Spring Onions greens few for garnish
  • 4-5 Garlic Cloves
  • 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
  • 1-2 tbsp Siracha/Ginger Garlic Sauce or Red Chilli Sauce (as preferred)
  • 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
  • 1-2 tbsp White Vinegar/Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper freshly grinded
  • 1 tbsp Oil(Peanut/Sesame/Olive) to coat noodles
  • 2-3 tbsp Oil(Peanut/Sesame/Olive) for vegetables
  • Salt as per taste

Instructions
 

Prepare/Boil Noodles

  • In a pan take 6-7 glasses of water.
  • When the water starts boiling, add the noodles and cook for 7-8 minutes as per the packet's instructions, till al-dente or little uncooked, not soft and mushy
    1 Pack Angel hair Spaghetti
  • Drain the noodles in a strainer/colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking process.
  • Spread the noodles on a plate or board to cool.
  • Add a tsp of oil and toss noodles with hands to coat oil uniformly on the noodles and keep aside. This way noodles won't stick even if kept for long. Keep it covered till further use.
    1 tbsp Oil(Peanut/Sesame/Olive)

Make Chowmein

  • Chop finely or coarsely grind garlic in a motor pestle. along with green chili (if you are adding). I didn't use any green chili.
    4-5 Garlic Cloves
  • Shred the vegetables thinly or in long strips. You can use knife or a mandoline for the same.
    1 cup Mixed Colored Bell Peppers, ½ Cabbage(green/purple)thinly sliced/shredded, 1 Carrots
  • Keep all the other veggies and sauces ready.
  • You can mix and keep all the sauces ready in a bowl. Here I have added one by one just for the demo pics.
  • In a wok or pan, add oil, when the oil hot add garlic and sauté for a few seconds, add onions.
    2-3 tbsp Oil(Peanut/Sesame/Olive), 1 medium Onion(thinly sliced)
  • Sauté onions till these start turning pink.
  • Add the bell peppers and keep stirring. Cook for 1-2 minutes. I didn't add carrots this time as I didn't have any, you can add julienned carrots along with bell peppers.
    1 cup Mixed Colored Bell Peppers, 1 Carrots
  • Add cabbage at last, as it cooks very fast. Keep stirring the veggies.
    ½ Cabbage(green/purple)thinly sliced/shredded
  • Add sauces and mix well. Also add salt. Check the amount of salt you are adding as, the sauces already have some amount of salt.
    2 tbsp Soya Sauce, 1-2 tbsp Siracha/Ginger Garlic Sauce, 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup, 1-2 tbsp White Vinegar/Apple Cider Vinegar, Salt as per taste
  • Add noodles and stir fry on high flame, stirring continuously.
  • Once the noodles are coated with sauces and mixed nicely with veggies.
  • Add black pepper. Take off the flame and garnish with spring onions/scallions.
    1 tsp Black Pepper, Spring Onions greens

Notes

You can also use Wheat Egg noodles, Angel hair spaghetti which was my preferred choice when I lived in USA. 
Add vegetables of your choice. You can also add Mushrooms, beans or bean sprouts.
For Gluten Free Chowmein
  • replace Soy Sauce with Tamari Sauce. IF no diet restrictions you can also use fish sauce. 
  • Gluten-free noodles like Soba Noodles and Rice Noodles can also be used for making Chowmein. Nowadays, noodles made with millets are also gaining popularity. You can use these also in the recipe.
Adjust the spice level as per your heat tolerance and especially when making for kids. 
Keyword Chowmein, Street Style Veg. Chowmein, Vegetable Noodles Recipe
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