How Chinese Chefs cook CHICKEN CHOW MEIN 🍜 Mum and Son professional chefs cook

We have done a few chow mein recipes before, but this one is slightly different, before we showed you how to use poached chicken to make the chow mein, this time, we're showing you how to make it with velveted chicken, we've also made this tutorial far more detail in, where we answer the most common questions we get in chow mein videos that we missed in past recipe videos, like why do my noodles stick? Why do my noodles clump together? The more like takeaway or takeout version is found in our 1st cookbook, this is more like an old school recipe. Hopefully this video will refresh some stuff for you guys who have seen our work before or if you're new, teach you some new techniques to make really tasty noodles at home, and if I'm honest, I do think this version of chicken chow mein is much better than most Chinese takeaways and takeouts out there.
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00:00 Introduction
00:39 Noodles takeaways use
01:45 Noodle prep
02:16 Why noodles stick to your wok
04:12 Veg prep
06:07 Velveting chicken
09:23 Cooking the chow mein
14:04 Extra hints and tips

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Yes please, I would love to see the meat velveting video, also if you have not done one yet, a video on preparing aged garlic plus other processes for storage of garlic long term. Thank you. 👍

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age garlic has been done :) look for ziangs garlic in the search bar and noted for the velveting

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today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

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I think this is the most informative step by step video you have made as every ingredient and every step is masterly described

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Oh... and Yes please to the Velveting masterclass :D

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another vote for the velveting video please

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And another! Be cool to see how you are seasoning a wok too please!

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today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

[@ZiangsFoodWorkshop]

today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

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love the channel guys , chicken chow mein is the house favorite here 😋

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It’s one of ours too :)

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I won't lie to you, I'm not a huge fan of Chinese food - but ironically, chicken chow mein has to be one of my all-time favourites - so thanks for explaining the little things, e.g., running noodles under cold water (to stop the cooking process).

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That’s ok :) and it’s not until we make the videos and see the comments we release what we’ve missed, as most of this is second nature to us and don’t even think

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I have watched one of your other tutorials for making chicken chow mein and gotten great results. Helps that I got the recommended ingredients from your shop for best results.

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Yes please to more traditional Chinese recipes and yes please to velveting process 😊

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today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

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Yes please - I would love to learn more about velveting the chicken… and other meats! Thank you for the video!

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today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

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today at 2:45pm this goes live, its chicken velveting master class :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WpaaSrhZynf9k

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Every time I've cooked one of your dishes and followed your instructions, my wife has been amazed at how good it tastes. Keep up the good work. We love this chow mein recipe, and I don't cook it any other way now. Velvet, your chicken people! You won't regret it!

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A chef once told me that the most simple dishes are often the most difficult to get right, as there are usually limited ingredients that need perfectly balancing....this recipe underlines this theory; Having just followed your instructions, these few ingredients have produced a 100% perfect Chinese take away chicken chow mein ! Subscribed and looking forward to trying more of your fantastic recipes.

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Nice. Looks super tasty. Have used msg in omelette makes a great difference. Keep vids coming.

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Hope you enjoy

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Thanks and noted :)