Just like your favorite eat-in Chinese! This chow mein makes a great side. Or serve it up with chicken and make it a meal.
More About This Recipe
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Quick, choose one: rice or chow mein? If your answer is undoubtedly “chow mein,” here’s how you can get more of your favorite side dish. A copycat recipe so close to the original, you won’t be able to tell a difference between the two.
The trick here is to use yakisoba noodles. You’ll usually be able to find cooked yakisoba in the refrigerated section (by the vegan foods and produce) or dried yakisoba noodles near the ramen (or in the Asian section) of most grocers. Either works fine. But the real secret is to make sure whichever version you use isn’t overcooked.
In the classic dish, the noodles are cooked until barely tender, then essentially fried with cabbage, celery and a light sesame-soy sauce. Do the same, and you’ll be delighted with the results.
Stay in tonight and make your own take-out. With this easy recipe, you’ll feel like you’re eating out…in the comfort of your own kitchen.
Copycat Panda Express™ Chow Mein
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Progresso™ Broth (chicken or vegetable)
- 2 packs (4 oz each) yakisoba noodles
- 2 tablespoons sesame or coconut oil
- 4 stalks celery, very finely sliced
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, peeled and very finely sliced
- 1/4 head cabbage, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons cooking wine or sake (or 2 tablespoons rice vinegar)
- 2-3 tablespoons soy sauce (or more, to taste)
Instructions
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Step1In a large deep-sided sauté pan or wok, bring broth to a boil. Add noodles, cooking until separated (about 2 minutes, do not overcook) in the uncovered pot. Strain from any remaining broth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
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Step2In same pan, heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil over high heat. Add celery, onion and cabbage.
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Step3Stir-fry until the edges of some pieces of cabbage begin to turn golden. Add cooking wine to the pan and allow to sizzle for 10 seconds or so.
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Step4Return noodles to pan and toss with soy sauce and 1 tablespoon sesame oil.
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Step5Stir-fry until hot and noodles begin to turn golden. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
320
Calories
7g
Total Fat
9g
Protein
54g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 320
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 810mg
- 34%
- Potassium
- 400mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 54g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 7g
- 31%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 9g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 35%
- 35%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 3 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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