Panda Express Chow Mein Copycat Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 12 oz chow mein noodles

  (I used the Wel-Pac brand found in the Asian aisle at Walmart - yakisoba noodles work too)
• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ cup yellow onion

  (sliced, about ½ large yellow onion)
• ½ cup celery

  (thinly sliced - about 2 medium ribs)
• ½ head green cabbage

  (thinly sliced)
• 1 ½ teaspoon cooking wine

  (sherry)
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce

  (I recommend reduced sodium soy sauce)
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• ½ tablespoon kecap manis
• 2 teaspoon ginger

  (fresh, grated - or ½ teaspoon dry ground ginger)
• 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil

Instructions

• 1 Cook chow mein noodles at a boil, remove and drain before completely cooked.
  Rinse with cold water to prevent continued cooking, then coat with a bit of oil
  (optional) to keep from sticking together. Set aside.
  
• 2 Bring a large skillet, frying pan, or wok to high heat and add the vegetable
  oil. When the oil is hot add sliced onion, celery and cabbage. Cook for about 1
  minute (2 minutes if you like your vegetables more tender).
• 3 Add the noodles and stir to break them up and combine them with the cooked
  vegetables. Add cooking wine, soy sauce, kecap manis, oyster sauce and freshly
  grated ginger. Mix well until the noodles are soft.
• 4 Add the sesame seed oil, toss to coat all of the chow mein and vegetables before
  serving. Garnish with green onion and/or sesame seeds, if desired. *A small
  teaspoon portion of brown sugar can be added for additional sweetness (we have
  mixed opinions in the household of whether or not the brown sugar makes the
  recipe closer to Panda!).

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