Chow mein is a simple and delicious home-cooked dish that is very common on everyone's table, but many people always feel that the taste is not as delicious as the one on the stall outside, and the noodles are either dry or monotonous in taste. Actually, although chow mein looks simple, there are skills to make it delicious. The key lies in the control of the heat, the combination of ingredients, and the order of the fried noodles. If not handled properly, the noodles tend to stick together and have a bad taste. Today, I will share with you a few ways to stir-fry fried noodles, so that when you usually want to eat fried noodles, you can also stir-fry fragrant fried noodles at home, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, let's take a look.
The preparation of fried noodles
Steps:
1. Prepare the noodles and ingredients
First of all, prepare an appropriate amount of alkaline noodles, which are common in supermarkets or noodle shops, and are especially suitable for stir-fried noodles. Next, prepare some bean sprouts and your favorite side dishes, such as onions or leftovers from home. Cut the side dish into shreds and set aside, crack a few more eggs into a bowl, stir well with chopsticks, and set aside.
2. Handle pots and pans
Before stir-frying noodles, heat the pan first, then pour a little oil, and evenly coat the bottom and walls of the pan with a layer of oil, so that it is not easy to stick to the pan when scrambling eggs or fried noodles. When the oil is hot, pour it out, add a little more oil and continue to heat.
3. Stir-fried eggs and side dishes
When the pan is hot and the oil is cool, pour the stirred egg liquid into the pan, stir-fry quickly, and wait for the eggs to solidify and set aside. Next, pour the shredded onion into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the bean sprouts and other side dishes, and continue to stir-fry until the vegetables are soft and flavorful.
4. Add the noodles
Drain the boiled alkaline noodles, then pour them into the pot and stir-fry them with the scrambled eggs and side dishes. At this point, stir-fry quickly over high heat to prevent the noodles from sticking together. To ensure that the noodles are evenly heated, each stick is coated with the aroma of side dishes and eggs.
5, seasoning
Add your favorite seasonings such as chopped pepper, salt, chicken essence, spicy fresh, thirteen spices, etc., and continue to stir-fry to allow the noodles to fully absorb the flavor of the seasoning. If you want to color the noodles, you can also add a little dark soy sauce and continue to stir-fry a few times until the noodles are an attractive golden brown.
6. Quickly collect the juice
In the last step, add a small amount of lettuce juice and stir-fry quickly over high heat for 15 seconds to make sure that all the ingredients have absorbed the aroma and juice of the seasoning, and then it is ready to cook.
Tips & Tricks
Noodle selection and handling:Alkaline noodles are most suitable for fried noodles, with good elasticity, resistance to cooking and not easy to break. Be sure to drain the water after cooking, otherwise it will easily stick to a ball when stir-frying.
Pot Handling:Drawing the pan with oil in advance can effectively prevent the pan from sticking to the pan when stir-frying, especially when scrambling eggs and noodles, this step is especially crucial.
Stir-fry over high heat:When stir-frying noodles, use high heat, so that the noodles can be heated quickly, and the fried taste is not greasy. If the heat is low, the noodles will become soft and collapsed, losing the flavor of the fried noodles.
Seasoning order:Add the seasoning first, then add light soy sauce, which will prevent the noodles from being too salty and the seasoning will be more evenly distributed.
The resulting fried noodles are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the fragrance is tangy, making it particularly suitable for both the main dish and the side dish. Give it a try if you like it, enjoy this simple and delicious fried mein, and make your own table classic!