Oh BOY Chow Mein! And Salmon :)

As I mentioned before, I am completely in love with all things asian [food]. I had most of the ingredients to make chow mein so I figured, why not?! I am so glad I did....holy cow was it good. I couldn't even bring myself to drench it in Siracha (like I do with everything else).

I looked at a few different recipes online for chow mein and ended up getting overwhelmed. So I said "screw it!" and went at it alone! And here is what I came up with!

-2 packs of Chow Mein noodles (Boiled in half water half chicken broth)

-3 celery stalks chopped

-1 large carrot julienned

- Half a bag of shredded cabbage

-1 Onion sliced

-1 Garlic clove minced

-Handful of Bean sprouts 

"Sauce"

-4 TBSP oyster sauce (or more if you like, I'm just guesstimating how much I used)

-A few dashes of soy sauce (I use lite)

-1 TSP sugar

-2 TBSP sesame oil

-1/3 cup chicken broth

-Salt and pepper

-Dash of onion and garlic powder

Now keep in mind, I just throw things in a pot and hope it turns out well. SO I am guessing how much of each ingredient that I used (sorry). But thankfully unlike baking, you can fudge quite a bit in cooking! Which is why I love it so....

The process:

I boiled the noodles first in a pot of half water half chicken broth for 3 minutes.

Then I rinsed the noodles in cold water and set aside.

Next I heated the sesame oil in the wok and started throwing in veggies. next up the "sauce" Then I had to drain some of the sauce before I added the noodles. I added more oyster sauce because it's amazing....

Then I cooked the mixture for a few minutes before turning the heat up and stirring to brown the noodles.

It. Was. SO. Good.

Next up was the salmon.

-1 TBSP brown sugar

-2 TBSP soy sauce

-Grated ginger

-1 garlic clove minced (I always use my garlic press)

-1 TBSP rice vinegar

-Drizzle of honey

-Salt and pepper

Pretty simple. I threw all the ingredients onto the salmon to marinade for an hour or so (30 mins is fine).  I put the salmon in a foil lined baking dish with the sauce and broiled it for 8 minutes.

After it came out I drizzled a tiny bit more honey it.

It was yummy! But do not use frozen, bagged salmon....it's just not the same :(

Dinner is served!

Or you could be creative like Eric.....

I made sticky rice for him because he wants EVERYTHING over rice.....so he put the noodles on the rice and the salmon on the noodles. Kinda cute ;)