Chicken / Vegetable Chow mein

Ingredients:

Red Ching's secret noodles- 2 packets.

Chicken breast boiled & sliced-1

Dry red chillies-3

Chilli oil- 1/3 rd cup ( Heat 1 cup i.e 200 ml sesame(til) oil and add 15 dry red chillies.Fry on high heat till black.Switch off gas.Leave overnight & strain in the morning to get chilli oil.Store in the refrigerator as it can get rancid)

Garlic sliced-3 tbsp

Spring onion -2 bulbs

Spring onion greens chopped- 3 tbsp

Cabbage medium sized sliced-1/4th

Green Capsicum sliced-1/4 th

Beans diagonally sliced thin- 150 gm

Carrot scraped and julienned-1/2

Baby corn diagonally sliced-4

Soya sauce-3 tsf

Vinegar ( prefer Ching's secret chilli vinegar)-1-2 tsf

Maggi chicken seasoning (optional)-2. If using reduce salt.

Red chilli powder-1/2 to 1tsf

Salt to taste

Method:

1.Boil noodles as per instructions on packet. Wash in colander with cold water. Apply chilli oil and keep.

2.Heat oil. Add broken red chillies n garlic. Saute till slightly brown.

3.Add beans , baby corn , carrot with 1 tsf sugar to preserve green colour & saute on high heat for 5 mins with constant stirring. Add boiled sliced chicken if making chicken chow mein .

4.Add cabbage, capsicum, spring onion white & green. Stir for 2 mins on high heat. Add boiled noodles, salt, soya sauce, vinegar, chicken seasoning. Mix gently but thoroughly.