Quick and Easy Chicken Chow Mein Recipe (With Fresh Veggies)

The most popular dish that you can quickly prepare at home is easy chicken chow mein.

Better than your neighborhood Chinese restaurant, this dish features tender chicken, fresh vegetables, and chow mein noodles.

This simple Chicken Chow Mein recipe makes a delicious takeout buffet at home with quick Mongolian Beef, Shrimp Stir Fry, and rice!

Chow Mein, what is it?

Because chow means “stir fry” and mein means “noodles,” the word “chow mein” refers to stir-fried noodles. In this recipe, soft noodles are combined with veggies and poultry that have been stir-fried before being combined with fried noodles.

This chow mein dish is simple to adapt by swapping the chicken for pork, beef, or tofu and rearranging the vegetables as you prefer!

How Are Chicken Chow Mein Made?

The majority of the time needed to prepare this quick chicken chow mein dish is spent cutting up the chow mein ingredients.

Before you start cooking, make sure everything is chopped and prepared because once you get started, everything cooks incredibly quickly.

1. Noodles are prepared, drained, and set aside.
2. Soy sauce, honey, rice wine, oyster sauce, and sesame oil are combined and then whisked together.
3. Cook the chicken completely. Add the vegetables and heat them until crisp-tender. Cooking until the sauce has thickened, stir all the ingredients with the noodles and sauce.
4. Add some sesame seeds and green onions, chopped. Serve right away.

Chow Mein with Chicken

Faster than takeout, Chicken Chow Mein is simple and quick! Within 30 minutes, a family-friendly meal was ready.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces
• ½ cup matchstick cut carrots
• ½ cup chopped snow peas
• 1 cup thinly sliced cabbage
• 6 ounces chow mein noodles or other thin egg noodles like ramen, cooked according to package directions.
• 1 cup chopped green onions
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

chow mein sauce

• ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoon rice wine Chinese cooking wine (can substitute chicken stock for the wine)
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. In a big skillet or stir-fry pan, heat the oil over high heat.
2. Make sure not to burn the garlic as you add it to the oil and heat for 1 minute.
3. Cook the chicken, tossing often, until almost fully done. (about 4–5 minutes)
4. Place the vegetables in the pan’s center and push the chicken to the sides. the vegetables should be crisp and soft. (about 2 to 3 minutes).
5. In the pan, combine all the ingredients by stirring. Noodles and Chow Mein Sauce should be added. Combine by tossing.
6. Sesame seeds and green onions go on top. Serve right away.
   sauce for chow mein
7. Soy sauce, honey, oyster sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil should all be combined in a small bowl.
8. Before usage, keep it in an airtight container.

Nutrition information

Calories: 312 | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 796mg | Potassium: 429mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 2070IU | Vitamin C: 14.2mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2.4mg