Basic Lomein
- 4 each mushrooms, dried black
- 1 cup pork
- 1/2 cup celery
- 1 cup napa (Chinese) cabbage
- 1/2 cup bamboo shoots
- 1/2 cup mung bean sprouts
- 6 each snow pea pods
- 2 slices ginger root fresh
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon sherry
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- Soak dried mushrooms.
- Slice roast pork, celery, cabbage and bamboo shoots.
- Blanch bean sprouts.
- Stem snow peas.
- Shred ginger root and crush garlic.
- Heat oil.
- Add ginger root and garlic; stir fry to brown lightly.
- Add pork and stir fry a few times.
- Then add in sherry to blend.
- Add all vegetables except snow peas and stir fry 1 minute more.
- Add stock and heat quickly.
- Then cook, covered, 3 minutes over medium heat.
- Stir in snow peas.
- Combine mixture with tossed noodles (*See below) Variations: Substitute cooked beef, ham, chicken, duck, crabmeat, lobster or shrimp.
- You can also add shredded green onion to the garlic/ginger mixture.
- You can use Shaoxing wine instead of sherry, which is more authentic.
- *To cook noodles, prepare boiling water with a little salt.
- Add noodles and cook until barely done.
- Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking.
- Separate noodles with a fork, then toss them with a little sesame oil or peanut oil and set aside until they are ready to go into your stir-fry for the final heat.
- You will want about a pound of noodles for the above recipe.
mushrooms, pork, celery, cabbage, bamboo shoots, mung bean sprouts, snow pea, ginger root, clove garlic, vegetable oil, sherry, chicken broth
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/basic-lomein-5319 (may not work)