Oyster Sauce Pan Fried Noodles
This is a hearty meal that can be made with as much or little protein and vegetables as you want. The Costo pans are great for prepping this meal. Makai is a helpful floor cleaner and eats more veggies than I do!
Prep work makes the difference.
I like a lot of smoked char siu!
The gravy is flavorful from the mushroom and chicken broth.
The white ends of the bok choy make healthy dog treats.
I like equal parts noodle to gravy mixture, feel free to adjust to your preference.
Ingredients
- Large wok or pan to boil water
- 1 1/2-pound baby bok choy
- 2 (10 oz) fresh chow mein or cake noodles
- Sesame oil
- 1 1/2 pound smoked char siu Chinese BBQ Char Siu Pork / BBQ Smoke / Recipes | Cooking with Aloha, Texas Style (cooking-with-aloha-texas-style.com)
- 3/4 C bamboo shoots sliced
- 3/4 C sliced water chestnuts
- 14 oz chicken broth
- 1 oz (about 1 1/2 C) dried shitake mushrooms, add hot water to soften about 20 minutes
- 3/4 C oyster Sauce
- 1 t Monk Fruit
Instructions
1) Boil water (for bok choy and noodles)
• 1 lb. baby bok choy separate greens from white – drop white parts first for 2 mins then the greens for 1 minute, remove and set aside. Use a spider to remove greens from water.
• 2 (10 oz.) pkg. fresh chow mein or cake noodles (use same water for noodles, typically 1 minute to cook)
• 1 tsp. sesame seed oil – Toss cooked warm noodles with sesame oil in large bowl set aside.
2) In a large skillet or wok, heat pan over medium heat
• Add char siu thinly sliced to flavor the pan, rendering fat, remove from pan and set aside, it adds flavor to the noodles.
• Place warm noodles evenly in bottom pan.
• Cook 2-3 minutes until crispy at the edges.
• Flip the noodles and repeat.
• Transfer to serving platter or keep in pan, place in oven to keep warm
3) Use same pot that had boiled water in.
- Add the char siu and cook for a minute.
- Add sliced bamboo shoots, rinsed, drained
- Add sliced water chestnuts
- Add remining ingredients and bring to a boil.
- chicken broth, reserve 2 T chicken stock to mix with 1T cornstarch to thicken after it comes to a boil.
- oyster sauce
- monk fruit
- cooked bok choy
Pour over noodles and enjoy.