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Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

May 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments


INGREDIANTS

-3 cups of water 
-2 Chicken Quarters (Boil and strip the meat off the bone)
-1 Big Ass Carrot
-1 Bushel of Brocolli
-A handful of String Beans or Snow Peas (if you are using string beans be sure to snap off the edges because they don’t cook too well)
-Chow Mein Seasoning Mix (You can find this in any major grocery store with an “international food” or “asian food” isle)
-Sirachi Chili Sauce (if you want to turn up the heat) *optional*
-Noodles *optional*
-Spices of your choice (the only extra spice I used for this recipe is crushed black pepper)

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

Voila! Your beautiful ingrediants!

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

Boil your chicken quarters for 10 minutes. Like I said in my last recipe, this will make peeling off the skin and stripping the meat much easier. I dare you to try to peel the skin and strip the meat when the chicken is raw. I DARE YOU!!

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

While your chicken is getting its boil on, take your 3 cups of delicious water and dillute your Chow Mein mix in it.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

If you’re really feeling like Braveheart than put some siracha chili sauce in the mix. If you’re really feeling all Mel Gibson Braveheartish than poor some in your eye. Take a look at this picture; don’t I have a long thumb?

Put this mix aside. If you haven’t cut your veggies yet, this would be a good time to do it. If you cut your veggies up already, go have yourself a quickie with the wife. If you and your wife are divorced, take this time to reflect on what you did wrong. And yes, beating up her brother in a drunken rage and stealing his Harley could have played a role in your separation.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

Now, strip strip that meat off that chicken bone. See, don’t eat the chicken yet because it will make you ill. Go ahead and heat up some oil in your Wok.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

Stir fry this mixture for about 5 minutes.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

After 5 minutes, toss your chow mein liquid onto the veggies and mix well. Cook uncovered for about 5 minutes and then cover. Covering the mix will allow the juice to stay inside the veggies instead of it evaporating into the air never to be seen again. Uncover and mix every minute or so to make sure you cook everything evenly. Cook for another 10 minutes on medium to medium high heat.

If you chose to go with the optional noodles, now is the best time to toss those in as well.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

A good indication that it is cooked all the way is when the veggies turned a little darker than they were originally were. When it gets to this point, you can toss in your extra spices. I just used crushed black pepper because you know what they say…once you go black…well, you know the rest.

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

 Great Wall of Chicken Chow Mein

Presto! Just like that you have turned Chinese in a matter of minutes. Now, bow to your sensei and get your grub on!

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Kelly // May 23, 2008 at 3:29 am

    once you go black.. you have bad credit? right? RIGHT? lol this looks sooo good. I’m excited that I’m home and have a stove too cook on instead of living out of the microwave. I just saw Juno today and told my bf that that vampire song was the jumpoff. And yes, you do have a long thumb.

  • 2 Caleb // May 23, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    you know what they say about long thumbs right? big glove. and you know what they say about big gloves? he must be a snowboarder. and you know what they say about snowboarders? lots of libido.

    So… :shock:

    and yes, you are so right. right out of your mind. haha, kidding.

  • 3 Dan // May 27, 2008 at 2:42 am

    Haha, so simple, I remember cooking something similar to this. That’s what we happens when a poor college student like myself wants to spice up his cup o-noodle.

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