Wok with Yan - Chicken Chow Mein - Stephen Yan

Master Chinese Chef Stephen Yan demonstrates how to cook Chicken Chow Mein. Taken from the Classic TV Series "Wok with Yan"

[@beserk3352]

I really hope Yan knows how much of a LEGEND he is.... i miss the days of watching this with my mom when i was a kiddo .

[@kendohan]

can't agree more!!

[@bustercherry8734]

I remember this guy. He's hilarious. One time he was chopping up some carrots and i can't remember exactly how it went cause it was over 20 years ago but he said something like "then you chop up this carro...carrol..what is it called?" The audience goes "carrot!" Yan goes "Oh yeah, Carol was the girlfriend i had last night" Big smile on his face. I wish i could find that episode to watch that part again. If anyone knows of it on youtube or whatever, please let me know.

[@onionegreene3585]

This is what he did to get on TV, actually this dude was a pioneer.

[@carlonovemespadero5903]

my favorite cooking show,mr stephen yan is the best during the 80's his very accurate, he's funny I just love watching him.

[@lawrenceweston922]

I looked at this show from a different angle and I noticed a few things: 1.) The vegetables looked a lot smaller. The mushrooms, the carrots, the peppers all looked smaller than what we have today. 2.) He uses very little meat in the dishes which are essentially meat dishes. We use a lot more meat in our food now. 3.) The dishes are literally pieces of art. I remember dishes used to have a lot of great patterns and art on them back in the day.

[@willchu]

Man, I wish they make shows like these still. Food Network has been sucking for a long time.

[@markdemell3717]

Snobbery.

[@SFBenjaminK]

he was before my time , but his funny...is he died?

[@dimik3855]

Thank you for posting this Garr. Stephen Yan is the man who inspired me to learn how to cook Chinese food back in the 80's. I looked forward to his daily show with his unique style, simple healthy recipes and wonderful humor. Wok don't run!

[@Ozziecatsmom]

Dimi K Our whole family liked watching him. We had all of his cookbooks.

[@webbyb76]

I loved Wok with Yan as a kid!

[@lamitahua]

Wendy Braman me too

[@Moon-it8ij]

Me too! Was worth being sick to stay home and watch Yan

[@mmagdalena4286]

Me too, instead watching cartoon i prefer watch wok with yan .. till now

[@dalewpit]

I never got to see this guy growing up . . . . my loss . . . . . but I get to enjoy him now. Can you say PIONEER!!!!

[@obscenecolleen]

Get your noodles ORGANISED!!!! DAMMIT! This is fantastic, thank you so much for uploading, and I will thumbs up EVERY ONE! Yan is so great.

[@xXdennisbouXx]

i wanted to become either a comedian/actor or a chef when i grow up cause they both make people happy... this man teached me how to do both at the same time :) .

[@claudiojepit8696]

This guy makes me cook as I did today, learnt all the basics from this show.

[@cls2cls2cls]

i missed this show when i was a kid....this show brought me back my memory...best chinese chef with sense of humour.

[@rolandorodriguez1075]

I loved watching this guy as a kid and always loved his "WOK" puns!

[@randall.3189]

If Yan can cook,so can you.

[@gameshowguy2000]

That's Martin. And neither he nor Stephen are related.

[@EdwardGReyesJr]

I miss this show,,,, I remember me and my dad Always watching his show late 80's.... your one of my idol so that I admire u incomes of cooking,..

[@Garr1984]

I have about a dozen more clips that I will upload as soon as I am able to. These are taken from the two VHS Cassettes that Wok With Yan produced in the 1980s.

[@IdeasDontBounce]

"Don't mention my name!" Lmao. Yan.

[@benslooking4coolstuff]

What a Classic.

[@GodWeenSatan]

Ben Bleyendaal wok a classic

[@Etram1983]

Used to watch this guy when I was a kid...don’t really understand a word before. I just enjoyed the way he cooks

[@katdavid7404]

i miss this on tv, when i was a kid i watch all his episode, im so amazed of how he cooks. For me it looks tempting to eat, looks delicious too, when i watch him i wish that i was part of the audience who can eat what he serves, thats why i learned how to cook and love to cook because of him..

[@patrickmcgee8556]

i loved this show...he taught me alot of techniqes and flavor combos that i use to this day

[@ontheshelf26]

2:12 am ... & i'm watching Wok w/ Yan... lemon chicken recipe is my favourite to make

[@akuma4u]

Make me some babe

[@davidlewis2615]

I have been trying to recreate chicken chow mein at home since 2019 when lockdown hit. This would have to be the best tasting and closest to my local Chinese restaurant. Definitely try this recipe and of course any veggies will do

[@tca666]

Garr thanks for these videos!! i need mooooooore wok with yan episodes!!

[@JaybayJay]

Chef Yan is amazing.. I've watched him since I was a little kid, probably since the day he came on. He's definitely a huge reason why Canadians aren't as racist towards Asians as Americans are. How can we be? Yan taught us so many beautiful things about Asian Culture and he did with a huge smile, lots of jokes, and many many years of great food.

[@PhilMante]

Yan knew how much fun he could be with his wok puns, cute jokes, and thick accent, and mixed it all in to teach people how to cook Chinese food dishes. He made cooking shows fun that way.

[@JaybayJay]

@@PhilMante Yep, Yan totally Woks my World..

[@PhilMante]

@@JaybayJay he's a real Wok-Star.

[@JaybayJay]

@@PhilMante Well, if he ever gets another show he can't go Green.. Cooking with E Woks..

[@PhilMante]

@@JaybayJay You can have your E-woks...I'll have my Wok-kees.

[@MrLicinlicin]

please upload more. I really miss this show, thank you sooo much for the upload :)

[@16safetydance]

Stephan Yan is the BEST Chinese Chef. That is it.

[@slidersteph]

I grew up watching this back in the day. Nice

[@cathysnow302]

Wow. I really miss watching this show. This guy is great. ❤

[@steakdriven]

This guy and the Galloping Gourmet really made me love to cook

[@adriancampbell4813]

Ah ah ah ah ah ah is funny Yan. Many thinks that pasta was brought to Italy from China, rose from a misinterpretation of a famous passage in Polo’s Travels.Polo mentions a tree from which something like pasta was made. It was probably the sago palm, which produces a starchy food that resembles, but is not pasta.Even while Polo was away on his travels in the 1270s, there is a reference to a soldier in the northern Italian city of Genoa, who owned a basket of “macaronis.” However from the 13th century, references to pasta dishes-macaroni, ravioli, gnocchi, vermicelli-crop up with increasing frequency across the Italian Peninsula. i love both italian pasta and Chinese noodle.

[@MichaelPhilipMaunes]

A hilarious and humorous chef. I used to watch him on OMNI 1 and ABS-CBN, as a good Chinese cooking show.

[@jingrn8yahoo]

i remember in philippine television in mid 80's, i love watching this show... especially when he decorated his food..:)

[@RPSteve]

Stephen Yan is my all time Favorite TV Chef!!

[@tamicantik3448]

I love wik with yan...when i was child i always watch this program

[@kaoko25]

@Garr1984 You're awesome! Thanks for sharing this, looking forward to watching the rest. This is one of the most entertaining cooking shows ever.

[@JiMiNYC]

My idol Chef when i was kidos 👍👍

[@pspboy7]

My favorite Chinese chef, wok the heck, my favorite chef ever!

[@bbyronic]

thanks for sharing these... i grew up watching his shows,i wonder where he is now..

[@aderonysutrisna6546]

it brings back the memory...

[@81Justathought]

He is the reason why I love to cook I would come home from pre school and turn on the TV and watch him and James barber instead of sesame street. But did you see the cross contamination of him touching the raw chicken then the veggies haha

[@kenet71]

The "Bruce Lee" of Chinese cooking 🍲🍜

[@mynameiskuting]

i love YAN!!!! watching this when i was small :)

[@luckybluebird77]

I miss this show

[@tlinscents]

This guy would WOK circles around Gordon Ramsay

[@ningen1980]

This guy couldn't speak Cantonese to save his ass. Let alone cook a proper chow mein. (first clue, he's using ramen noodles.)

[@heinz5714]

no

[@lakesidepark2112]

The Food Network should be rerunning Canadian cooking shows. Ricardo & Friends, Urban Peasant and Wok With Yan back to back would be nice.

[@bakbakankris]

FTW! I've been looking for old episodes for a long time, but up until now I didn't know wok to do.

[@gangesexcavating]

this show was freakin awesome. Great post.

[@PhilMante]

Stephen Yan was a comedian who's routine was being a chef who taught his audience how to cook.

[@EdwardGReyesJr]

Your my idol until now.... Best chef ever...

[@drewman415]

I miss this show... good memories :D

[@-carlos-danger1891]

This guy is so far ahead of our current society.

[@96thundercat]

I JUST WOKED OFF WATCHING HIM COOK!

[@dimik3855]

You are a silly wok job.

[@Mikierapert]

@Garr1984 wow!keep on uploading! i really love this show , soo misss thiss!thnx for the videos!

[@TheOutfoxing]

i watched this so hard when i was a kid and now i make all my own chinese japanese and korean food so better than boring western food

[@TheOutfoxing]

moooore sesame street oil please

[@Doomxeen]

Damn, this is gold.

[@EdiSaFukeratMo]

Love it!

[@bamesbamesbames]

Vancouver kids in the 90s watched this with their grandparents

[@epocketlsaml]

best chef. homey dishes all the way.

[@ricachona4095]

I used to fantasize as a kid being right in front of the audience and being chosen in the end to taste test his food. 😂😂😂

[@LloydMorgan-l8w]

wow I've made chow main but not like that. I'm going to give it a try next time

[@sirxavior1583]

Awesome Cook and a great teacher. I just made some chow mein and its really not that hard!

[@Essuez94]

I didn't know that there's this show.. wok the heck!!

[@Ultradude604]

@Garr1984 Yes! Thank you! Good to hear. These videos bring back childhood memories.

[@SuperPricil]

Americans confused the mind of Mr.Yan aswell. Italian pasta is originated in South Italy (Sicily) in Trabia town near Palermo. In the XIIth century the Arab geographer Al-Idris is very precious. In his book entitled “Ruggero’s book”, he affirms that in 1154 in the village of Trabia, was produced a particular thread-shaped meal( Vermicelli) called “itrivah” in the Arab language made with flour. Marco Polo came later in the 1294 from China.

[@tintinex]

the legend!

[@nealg6810]

This dude kills me but he is one hell of a cook!!!

[@razorman65]

loved his shows . go wok not woke

[@sherrythebirthdayclown3634]

Everyday I would come home from kindergarten and I would see him still on the television I walked home with my friend and her mom who picked me up from school because she went to school next to mine so I bet my dad everyday to send a PO Box address so we can get his cookbook I even bugged him to get my mom his wok because that was not only her favorite show it was mine he was always funny he made me laugh and I was a little and we have been watching the old reruns on KZbin

[@dalewpit]

who was first? Martin or Steve?

[@kenRoberts1984]

Angel hair pasta is perfect for chow mein

[@karenchakey]

Does he have a cook book?

[@JenGomes]

Yes! He had more than one I believe. Should be on Amazon

[@electricmonk71]

It sounds like he said Sesame Street oil. lol

[@leechmaster21]

That'd probably include something wrong with that guy who voiced Elmo...

[@RickVaughn]

Actually, he did!

[@novariadihidayanto1684]

tontonan saya waktu dulu..

[@motorcitydeadman]

cornstarch and water...maybe some wine in there too. I remember he used to add soy and oyster sauce sometimes.

[@angelsoulblade]

@Garr1984 Awesome. We would love that! Thanks.

[@chuchuchuchia]

Why did no one laugh at the Chanel No.9 joke wtf 4:30

[@sylviah3976]

What can be used as a substitute for oyster sauce if you are allergic to shellfish??

[@victorha9923]

+Sylvia Howes There's something called "vegetarian oyster sauce." It's made with mushrooms. Should be available at your Asian supermarket if they have a good selection.

[@sylviah3976]

Thank you

[@TheDarkPorkins]

Sesame Street Oil? :P

[@YllwNinja82]

it's made by stuffing Big Bird into a Blender!

[@KhoanVong]

Must have been made in the 70s this video.

[@DanWebster]

Yan can cook so can you Love Martin Yan

[@KhoanVong]

Dan Webster you are everywhere Dan😊

[@boratsuckdiev461]

Dan Webster Hes not Martin Yan

[@DanWebster]

Wow ya could have fooled me who is he then?

[@DanWebster]

Stephen yan must be related to martin.

[@renie3986]

martin or Stephen?

[@russellnorton9940]

hi rennie

[@gameshowguy2000]

Stephen.

[@johnwruddick5902]

made before the time of every grocery store carrying all the vegetables and sauces that he is using

[@susanralph274]

I saw him in Coquitlam studio and restaurant. the dairy queen that Dorothy Stratten worked was up the road, and Terry fox was running the marathon. the early 80's suburban Vancouver, who knew society would get like this. then the dark ages of the 90's- now it's a nightmare.

[@arthurquirona8616]

Before Food Network complicated cooking...

[@StalwartSpirit]

I recorded this in the 80s with my VHS and even the Malaysian version "Wok Talk" but I don't know how to upload it.

[@kasioz82]

I remember my mum used to tell me the recipe is not nice when I was a kid. After 30 years later I realised that's just to cater American flavour. No wonder......

[@dprofessor4781]

Stephan...not sure where you learned how to cook...probably somewhere in North America...... I am not a fan of your style, but I must say you are a good ambassador of whatever you are cooking....Cheers !!

[@steveleeart]

D'Professor - he was born, raised & trained in Hong Kong. He moved to Vancouver in the 1960s and had a few restaurants before getting into television in 1980. One of his restaurants is still in Coquitlam under his name, Yan's Garden, although he no longer owns it. His show is a bit white washed looking back on it now but he was on television for 15 years and produced a number of top selling cookbooks that delve into more traditional Chinese fare. He helped bring a wider audience to appreciate Chinese cuisine and even had a line of cooking utensils, spices and sauces.

[@919rickw]

did this chef gain his culinary stardom even before martin yan ?

[@jonavuka]

was that MSG @ 6:28

[@leeyang1972]

easy to make dish but theres no soy sauce/oyster sauce in it.

[@uhyeahwithJAH]

Can anybody tell me what is that ''white sauce'' thing that he add to...bit curious about it^^

[@akuma4u]

Corn starch and water for sauce thickness

[@donnacabot3550]

He doesn’t mind cross contamination.

[@cdarling369]

get organized!

[@cyfkilla]

Man, he really plays up the accent.

[@jackmehoff77]

Marco Porro

[@keichannnn]

2020 anyone?

[@daviddimalanta259]

Egg noodles are better in making chow mein than spaghetti noodles. Strongly disagree with him. The taste is completely different.

[@ashnatiwari]

+David Dimalanta . My guess is looking at the generation of people he was promoting Chinese cooking to, that this would have been the most ethnic friendly to introduce what would have been foreign cuisine of the time.

[@michaelocenar6140]

And I bet that asian supermarkets weren't as commonplace even in big cities back then.

[@steveleeart]

David Dimalanta - yes at the time he started access to Chinese ingredients was limited in most grocery stores in Canada in the early 1980s, thus the reason for saying you could get away with different noodles if you had too. Even if you watched American cooks who tackled Asian cuisine, like the Frugal Gourmet, they'd often discuss where you could find stuff. We're lucky today that in many markets you can get a wide variety of ingredients!

[@TheOutfoxing]

yes but they are perfect for making yaki soba thats japanese

[@johnrambo6861]

No Garlic? What the hell.

[@demonspawn302]

No garlic, no soy sauce, no oyster sauce in his sauce. Just ginger, water, salt and corn starch mixture . Blah and pretty plain.

[@RiffMajestic]

Get it right dude, it's "Wok the hell"

[@chevronso25]

Well our home classic way of cooking Chow Mein ny my great grandma from China. She doesn't put soy sauce and garlic. Just ginger and salt. Trust me it taste better. Taste so fresh. Unlike soy sauce. Tasted like week old noodle dish.

[@kleinle522]

the original "Birry Mays"

[@MonkeyHunch1]

haha , good stuff