From maureen_richmond3@yahoo.com Fri May 6 13:00:49 2005 Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 03:40:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Maureen Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Chow Mein Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes Chow Mein Slice the following into fine strips, keeping each separate: 11/2 cups onions (sliced lengthwise) 3/4 cup mushrooms, canned or fresh 2 cups celery 1/2 can bamboo shoots (500 gram size) 1/2 can water chestnuts (500 gram size) 1 pound pork, beef, shrimp or chicken Drain bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. In 1 tablespoon oil, fry meat until done. Remove from heat. In another pan, slightly saute the onions in 1 tablespoon oil and add them to the meat. Saute the bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and mushrooms in 1 tablespoon oil and add to meat. Slightly saute the celery in 1 tablespoon oil and add to meat. Finally add 1 can (1 pound) bean sprouts or 3 cups fresh bean sprouts, sauteed, 1 tablespoon fresh ginger (chopped), if desired, and a mixture of 1 teaspoon sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch and 3/4 cup soup stock. Heat thoroughly, stirring slowly. Serve hot with boiled noodles, fried noodles or rice. Serves 6. Vegetables should be crunchy. -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Patricia D. Hill at recipes@swcp.com. Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please allow several days for your submission to appear. Archives: http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/ http://recipes.alastra.com/