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Chicken Chow Mein

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Chicken Chow Mein

A yummilicious quick-fix meal that is full of spice and flavour
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pack spaghetti approx. 400gm
  • 250 gm chicken breast chopped into bite-sized cubes
  • 1 onion sliced
  • 1 large green capsicum finely sliced into strips
  • 1 large red capsicum finely sliced into strips
  • 2 carrots julienned (thin strips)
  • 1 cup shredded cabbage
  • 1 tbsp. garlic paste
  • 1 tsp. ginger paste
  • 4 tbsp. oil
  • 2 tsp. tomato paste
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp. soya sauce
  • juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 1 tsp. red chili powder or flakes optional
  • 1 green chilli chopped
  • 1/4 cup tomato ketchup

Instructions
 

  • Boil the spaghetti as per the packet instructions, drain and set aside.
    Heat the oil in a wok or pot, add onions and fry until they turn translucent. Add the chicken cubes followed by the ginger and garlic pastes. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the chicken is almost done. Next, add the capsicum, cabbage and carrots. Sprinkle the chilli and salt. Turn the heat to low and stir-fry the mixture for a few minutes. Add the tomato paste. If needed, you can add some water at this point.
    Cook until the veggies soften slightly (they should have a slight crisp to them though, so don’t over-cook). Next, add the ketchup. Stir together well, the mixture should not be watery, just slightly juicy. If needed you can add a little bit of water.
    Add the boiled spaghetti and toss together to combine. Splash in the soya sauce, lemon juice and sprinkle black pepper. Mix well for a minute or two and turn the heat off.
    Serve! 🙂

Join the Conversation

  1. Hi,
    This is a fab recipe but I am a little confused – you mention using the juice of half a lemon in the list of ingredients but not in the method – when exactly do you add this in? Thank you!

  2. Delicious! I made it today, kids and myself
    Thoroughly enjoyed it Alhamdulilah.
    Jazakallah for sharing fauzia

    1. Have not tried this with sesame oil but since it is a strong oil, reduce the amount in half or mix with veg oil.

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  3. Please can I ask what do you mean by tomatoe paste? Do you mean the tomato purée in the tube you can get sorry !

    1. Because I added chopped chilli, chilli powder, ketchup and soya sauce, they serve the same function. 🙂

  4. can we use egg noddles with
    can we use egg noddles with it? would it taste as good as with regular spaghetti?

    1. No, the chicken cubes are
      No, the chicken cubes are cooked with the rest of the ingredients as described in the instructions.

    1. W/Salaam, will look into this
      W/Salaam, will look into this, thanks for bringing it to my attention. 🙂

  5. Made these second time now in
    Made these second time now in the past seven days! VVVVery tasty!!!

  6. Hi. I made this today. I feel
    Hi. I made this today. I feel the ratio of the quantity of spaghetti was too much. I will probably halve it next time. Thanks for the recipe 🙂

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