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liuzhou

liuzhou

15 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

In later years, what I’ve read – not to mention what you showed a picture of – indicates that that is NOT proper Chow Mein. I’ve heard that the crisp noodles are: wrong; alternately that they are right, but shouldn’t be really crisp.  I’ve heard that flat egg noodles are right.  I’ve heard that the noodles should be stir-fried – NO!  they should be steamed.  What is correct?.

 

Chow mein is actually known in China as 炒面  (chǎo miàn) and literally means 'stir fried noodles'. However if you are using dried noodles they would be briefly boiled to reconstitute them before frying. Flat noodles are more common and crispy noodles are virtually unheard of. They are American.

liuzhou

liuzhou

14 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

In later years, what I’ve read – not to mention what you showed a picture of – indicates that that is NOT proper Chow Mein. I’ve heard that the crisp noodles are: wrong; alternately that they are right, but shouldn’t be really crisp.  I’ve heard that flat egg noodles are right.  I’ve heard that the noodles should be stir-fried – NO!  they should be steamed.  What is correct?.

 

Chow mein is actually known in China as 炒面  (chǎo miàn) and literally means 'stir fried noodles'. However if you are using dried noodles they would ne briefly boiled to reconstitute them before frying. Flat noodles are more common and crispy noodles are virtually unheard of. They are American.

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