Jamie Oliver's chicken chow mein - Ministry of Food

Recipe from the Ministry of Food campaign. www.jamieoliver.com Jamie's Ministry of Food first aired on Channel4 in the UK in September 2008

[@annathetalented]

This is how I cook noodles!!!!. I just love the way Jamie cook food.... Delicious!! Dig in,I'm hungry!!!

[@ChineseCookingChannel]

I like Jamie Oliver's version of Chicken Chow Mein. Looks delicious. Well done, Jamie.

[@TapDancerDood]

Personally, I would pre-marinate the strips of chicken in Shaoxin Rice Wine (or dry sherry as a substitute), soy sauce, pepper and cornflour - known as 'silking'. Makes the meat more tender and it melts in the mouth... works great with turkey, which tends to be generally dryer & tougher than chicken, but is a lot cheaper! *- Great Britain -*

[@grimTales1]

tapdancerman Good point. I'm wondering why he didnt do something like that - I dont think the chicken will have much flavour the way he did it. If chow means fried shouldnt he fry the noodles at the start?

[@MaZEEZaM]

+tapdancerman Turkey is FAR more expensive than chicken here in Australia.

[@271byron]

I would add ginger in that marinade

[@jameshaydon2362]

Tapdancerman, totally agree and also add to that a large pinch of baking soda it makes all the difference.

[@lenwenzel7440]

James Haydon The baking soda works to tenderize, so marinated and worked into the meat it makes it juicy and tender.

[@nxyrr]

so he recoded this with a frying pan

[@Trazynn]

Like he said, he recoded this with a wok. The wok has this nice shape so you can toss the video and recode it very fast.

[@jushereinit]

so much banta

[@no1800]

It is not a frying pan is a WOK

[@69_MK]

LOOOL

[@nelsond1498]

It's your eyes that are at fault here.....er.....and mine as well......Oh, there's my coat.

[@1point5z]

Lovely what you said at the end. Very generous. I've been cooking all my life like you.

[@alycombalicer5956]

im a huge fan jamie. i wish you visit philippines soon!!!

[@saintteacheroda]

this is real chowmein.

[@ianofliverpool7701]

The best chow mein I ever tasted by a mile.

[@strawberry1025]

Thanks Jamie. :]

[@ej_l2525]

I love chowmein!!!

[@blackdeckbox]

The comments omg... Im chinese but I dont care; I like this version too.

[@yatinagore]

To all the people complaining: this is his version of chow mein. If you like it, good; if you don't, stop complaining and do it your way.

[@ryando972]

What if I made spaghetti and squeeze a lemon in it. Would you still feel the same way? Or how about fry up some steaks and pour fish sauce over it as seasoning? I pretty sure you would bitch too. We Chinese do not squeeze a fucking lemon into our chow mein. Pad Thai yes. Chow mein hell no.

[@yatinagore]

for the record, i squeeze lemon/lime on my spaghetti all the time. i love it. fish sauce on steak in an interesting idea. i understand what he is doing isn't exactly traditional. but give it a try (or not), you might like it. its food! experiment and enjoy it.

[@davelabadie147]

I want to make this it looks yummy. Thank you sir for sharing I am going to have to do it this weekend.

[@RD-jp4zs]

I wanted to test out this recipe. So I cooked it 3 times just to make sure I did it correctly. The first time it end up in the garbage. 1 bite and it was sour and tasted watery. The second time, I used less lime and it still tasted like crap. So 3 times a charm I right? Wrong... I don't know what Chinese food you are eating Jaime, but this shit is shit. I went to a local Chinese restaurant and showed him this video. The chef laughed so hard he had tears in his eyes.

[@beautifuldurian]

Ryan Do Chinese seldom use lime or lemon. Don’t add so much soya sauce, add some sugar, dash of oyster sauce, chicken stock or powder, and this dish should taste better. Shred some carrots, dice some chestnuts (not the whole tin or just leave it out) slice some mushrooms, add prawns.

[@kr-sd3ni]

this guy adds lime to everything

[@asniperx]

surprised he didn't add thyme

[@rogerbayona]

Receta español, se le agradece..

[@claytongoode5715]

With the shiitake mushrooms, you can buy dried ones in the Asian section of most supermarkets. Soak them in boiling water for 10 minutes & drain.

[@GhazwanMattoka]

just cooked one today i love Chinese fast food

[@jkydiego]

i believe u are good "western" chef

[@rectify2003]

What did he record this with? A Bok Choi?

[@jesusrodriguez-ed2ko]

This is the first chow mein video that I've seen that has not used oyster sauce.

[@mehrinsyeda1035]

love this guy soooo much!!!!!

[@iPooAlotz]

Why are people so pissed that this isn't traditional? It tastes good so who cares. It honestly tastes better than the chinese take-outs I've been to. That being said I don't think this trumps the original recipe but it's a damn load better than the shit you get served at most of those restaurants. It has a western twist to it much like the California roll with sushi...

[@Yeraus]

I don't get it, you should have like millions of subscribers!

[@TheTheLPCZECH]

GREAT Jamie I like you serial

[@Toshirozawa]

Videos like this should not have a full-screen option....

[@YKDDS91]

Who freaking add corn starch (or any kind of starch) for a noodle dish without dissolving it in the water first? I don't care whatever you people say, that's not chow mein.

[@computermech]

Nice video and cooking. Thank you! Shouldn't you be using a wooden spatula on a non-stick wok?

[@Shteeeeeeeve]

"Good colour" There's no colour though Jaimie.

[@treblehead79]

Right? Where's the dark soy and oyster sauce?

[@TheAntHar1]

Have you got a B&W monitor?

[@shakilz1718]

Nobody said it was traditional. Title clearly says "Jamie Oliver's chicken chow mein"...

[@oxford1603]

A wonderful dish!

[@wejnc]

Really? You tried it yet?

[@theburnedace]

For all the haters, the title says Jamie Oliver's chicken chow mein, NOT chinese chicken chow mein

[@LeeKumKeeEurope]

We'll have to challenge Jamie to a Chow Mein -off... that's a thing right?

[@anomitrobhowmik9853]

That is not the wok .. it is a frying pan.

[@smartypants7954]

I love Jay pretending to care about the regards that can't boil noodles

[@sylvanianfamily]

Actually the first step you need do is to heat the pan, then heat the oil till smoke emerge, then you put the ginger and fry it a little bit in order to push the flavor of the ginger into the oil and the whole dishes later. Those vegetable are not side dishes, putting them into the wok at half way just waste it totally!

[@KhanggiTanka]

very good recipe its so delicious

[@artistbear101]

Hi thank u so much for the recipe. u taught it really well.. :))

[@riilyp]

Bean sprouts , velvet the chicken first ? Tbs oyster sauce too ! Noodles should be pre cooked and cold . Also a little finish with sesame oil ! Job done ! Wow I should be a chef ; give me a job Jamie , I'll show you how to cook !

[@ngcalvinutomo96]

um.. no? its traditional chinese stir-fried noodles.

[@phishshn]

Regardless what he names this dish, its tasty. The fact that he used "Chow Mien" to describe it at the beginning seems to have offended a few. How about, "excellent bok choi noodles" Use taste buds, not nomenclature !! :)

[@marclaclear6628]

Which pixel is the chow and which is the mein?

[@Highonlollies]

To all those people calling this Chinese. It's not traditional Chinese food it's westernized

[@kellymejia137]

He's so cute. Lol

[@esapekkalappi5710]

4:55 has salt and pepper but never used it

[@cutemariana]

what is an option for noodles low in sodium? love the recipe but i'd use other kind of noodles

[@caydauden]

"nothing is wrong with that" =))

[@greimalkin]

could you do a video on what to do with all this extra flour that I have and I don't know what to do with it

[@laurafrey3234]

cake, bread, cookies?

[@jokerace96]

hey man why the low quality ??

[@nicaidansgaming]

ikr

[@aaronwilson9465]

240p?

[@MrRickasaurus]

Metal spoon in a non-stick pan. A BIG NO NO Jamie.......

[@kalodner666]

Would only ever buy a carbon steel wok as well

[@booshallmighty]

It ain't chow mien without bean sprouts.

[@kookie2223]

it's just funny to see how foreigners cook Chinese cuisine .

[@РоманГилязов]

jemie крут

[@charvisingh5514]

Jamie, I love your English and Italian dishes but this ain't no chow mein. You can torture the Chinese people by showing them this video.

[@AyuAdel214]

YESSSSS ITS KILLING MEE WHERES THE SAUCE

[@DawiThumbnails]

Chow mein is a american dish , its chinese american like chilli from tex-mex (Texas and Mexico) it only restricted ingredients are noodles with meat + vegetables.

[@treblehead79]

@@DawiThumbnails chow mian is Chinese, I promise you.

[@DennisKAN17]

Every chinese chef would take the stalks off before cooking Chinese mushrooms

[@РоманГилязов]

крутой повар

[@jasseryasmine]

Who adds coriander to chow mein? That's disgusting.

[@mwtriggs]

Why should there be a specific way to cook a dish?

[@eddieb10071987]

One assumes this recipe can also work with beef rather than chicken?

[@nawedahmed8168]

A dash of sesame oil would be good

[@gazette121]

No offense, it is not necessary to have lime for chow mein

[@matthewholloway81]

DAN DAN CHICKEN CHOW MEIN MAN

[@andysigmon9014]

What kind of noodles are thise

[@evelynji3279]

egg noodles

[@xanrobin]

So many complaining people, did you actually cook and try this before you started wining about how it looks or how it's "wrong"?

[@kaihG]

Ah.. My old friend 240p.. We meet again..

[@ConTodayTempo]

wow the video quality in 2012

[@handbanana2831]

Tom Middleton yeah, it's kinda sad

[@ConTodayTempo]

阿没古 least you can see how its improved

[@hatered6434]

2008* There are videos with far greater quality from 2012. This was recorded in 2008 with 240p and just uploaded to youtube later

[@lopez126126]

oh my good

[@TheIbroxPreacher]

It's a dish made by Chinese in Britain for the British, therefor it's seen as Chinese. If you think that's an insult - you should see the shit China sells us in the place of quality products we had 40 years ago.

[@skyviking19]

why do u say chow main?

[@zhongkevin4395]

Why I see your name in Chinese?

[@stephen-of4oq]

Was Jamie taking LSD & Crack when he was was making this nightmare of a dish?

[@bunniz]

stephen In what way is this a nightmare of a dish?

[@theherumuuto]

@@bunniz it has been 4 years since this comment - I actually like Jaime.... but- it is still the taste and the look of the finished product that make it a nightmare... almost raw shiitake not sliced, sour, watery and absolutely tasteless compared to the real Chinese fried noodles - all people with working tastebuds would nope out on this abomination.

[@alaindelonhj]

the chicken must be very tough for such a long time of cooking unless he uses meat from chicken drumsticks

[@jameshaydon2362]

Chicken should be marinated first or it will be dry as he'll. Which he did not do.

[@skm1211]

Haha, obviously the audience of this program is not Chinese. He was teaching British or foreigner how to cook Chinese meal for foreigner 鬼佬唐餐. So you people don't need to take it serious. And I know that foreigners will prefer Chinese meal for foreigner to real Chinese meal.

[@TheIbroxPreacher]

I have to laugh at the Chinese/Asians getting all upset over Jamie's interpretation of a Chow Mein. 1) He isn't trying to insult, he's trying to do an easy different take on a classic for the Western palate. 2) If Chinese or Asians are so upset about it not being true to the original and because it's by a Westerner, may I ask when it started to bother them that something wasn't true to it's origins? Asia and China in particular have been ripping off Western products for the last 60 years!

[@Marjopolo302]

no mushroom, no stir fry...

[@kohtianyi]

as a chinese i think this is more of a westernized chow mein, or just jamie oliver's chow mein as title, but i would definitely enjoy this version too!

[@CreepingDeath018]

jamie doesn´t use chicken for his dish he uses "lovely chicken" :D

[@jameswnmcn]

Too bad Jamie didn't provide a list/quantity of ingredients for the dish. Grab a tablet and start watching and writing. Would gave been so easy to list on this page.

[@xiaopirate]

This ain't chow mien 😂

[@davidhall3244]

Nippl

[@MaZEEZaM]

During preparation, make sure you waste the majority of the Ginger you bought....Use a spoon people the skin comes off VERY easily and just peel and cut off what you need. No need to waste so much of it.

[@jackd9928]

+MaZEEZaM Probably done with a sharp knife for neat precise television appeal. Also probably because ginger costs pennies and isn't something that most people would be bothered to save to that extent. I use a normal potato peeler for ginger and if I have left over it freezes perfectly.

[@anthonypham9947]

He always uses it for tea

[@jamesheaton8579]

Chinese don’t Evan take the skin off and tbh they are right the skin contains a lot of nutrition

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Reading all the complaints on this video, I figured the result would be a mess. Instead it looks delicious. What did Jamie Oliver do to make so many people angry lol

[@treblehead79]

Put it to you this way. This recipe for chow mein is analogous to saying I'm going to make a grilled burger on brioche, and then you watch me sautee a meatball in ketchup and chicken gravy for some reason, and put it on sandwich bread toast. It might be delicious, but it is not remotely what I said it would be. If he called it "sautéed chicken and noodles", it would be fine. This more closely resembles an Italian dish than chow mein.

[@CountDrunkula]

What absolute garbage. If you like UK takeaway chow mein have a look at channels like Khoan Vong or Chin and Choo.

[@z4pp3rsapper]

Love it. Keep up the good work. welcome to youtube, Ignore the haters :P

[@KhoanVong]

"Chow" in Chinese is fried. This is actually mixed noodles in a pan i suppose. His must be doing it right cause his successful ..lol

[@brettranatza6817]

Yea but that shirt lol

[@KhoanVong]

I learnt something from this video. That is you dont have to know something to teach people. All you have to do is act like you know and make people think you know it :)

[@brettranatza6817]

That's called the BS factor I guess

[@MrLiveEra]

Khoan Vong Wow, Did not expect to see you here, I watch your videos I like Jamie but I can agree with you, His videos and recipes are ... very very basic, which is good, It makes dishes more accessible to everyone

[@KhoanVong]

Yeah:) I don't normally comment. But it come up on my line. Can't knock him...he's very successful.

[@kgrim024]

Jamie, i made my first ever stir fry on saturday and i LOVED it! Im going to try out this recipe today! Thanks :)

[@KrazeDiamond]

Perhaps he's trying to simplify it for the British public, but how a Chinese dish is prepped & cooked dictate the flavors/taste. Where I'm coming from is that each cuisine should have its own distinctive flavors, he's making this dish like pasta. I'm not dissing Jamie, I love his shows. But I think he should educate the public on the basics like he did with steaks/Italian & French dishes, so people who wish to follow this will know how to create the different flavors and not just another dish.

[@KrazeDiamond]

You must marinate the meat first, at least 30min before cooking. The marinate: Soy sauce, cooking rice wine, 2 drops of sesame oil, rice starch, mix meat in and let cool. In Chinese cooking, you always start with stir-frying the "flavor ingredients" such as scallions/garlic/onions/ginger/chilli. This is so the flavors will be in the oil in the pan and everything else goes in will absorb all the flavors better. And, your noodles were in the water too long. Chinese cooking is VERY sophisticated..

[@HISIAM888RUHIS888]

YUM-MO!!! Can’t wait to try this Jamie!! I would get those Crunchy Skinny Rice noodles & put in top!!🥢💓💓💓🙌🙌🙌🥰😋

[@danbi2000]

please change your ingredients before cooking never follow his style

[@omnigoogle]

Thank you!

[@Sefudlon]

Damn it! Incorrect ingredients, wrong combination, noob processing... Please respect chinese food.

[@miaweir2007]

YUM😀have you ever seen little Oliver's cookbook?please tell me what you think😊

[@nadiyataranum8473]

I love ur cooking and your hair style. ..you look awesome in pink shirt.

[@draytonwifecooks]

This is dinner tonight! Dang this is awesome! I hate bok choy and water chestnuts....lol...but this will change my mind I'm sure.... :)

[@hungabunabunga3645]

I have never seen him make a good recipe

[@LailyCouture]

For Mr. Chow's sake, at least slice the mushrooms up, Man! What are we, dinosaurs?!

[@darcybrooker]

I am

[@justinepasco7348]

He didnt even chop the vegetable

[@Ytnzy250]

Yabba Dabba Doo!

[@yumengguan8135]

LailyCouture Chow mein has nothing to do with Mr.chow. ‘Chow’ is just stir fry in Cantonese.

[@billlyoliveman]

@@yumengguan8135 I suspect Laily was just being humourous. At least I hope so.

[@keith5573]

Oh dear. No wonder his restaurants are closing down left, right and center.

[@peeyabhattacharyya6228]

Jamie needs an Asian cooking class

[@MurrayMelander]

I leave out the boiled noodles, add bamboo shoots, and bean sprouts. Serve over fried chow mein noodles. If you want it to taste like take out, don't forget the MSG.

[@22ninja1]

FUIYOOH.

[@keithhallahan6813]

Ooooh. Uncle roger not happy. So many things wrong, this not chow mein. He not marinade chicken before, he put in coriander, he put wet noodle in stir fry and blanch pok choi. And most important he no put in beansprout. He made uncle roger want to suicide