Vegan Recipes

Chow Mein Noodles

500g dried egg-free noodles
1 thinly sliced onion
2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
125g quartered button mushrooms
125g mangetout
½ cucumber, cut into sticks
125g spinach, shredded
125g beansprouts
2 Tbsp dark soy sauce
1 Tbsp sherry
1 tsp cornflour
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
4 Tbsp vegetable oil

• Cook the noodles and set aside.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan or wok. Add the onion and carrots and stir fry for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms, mangetout and cucumber, and stir fry for a further 1 minute.
• Stir in the remaining oil and add the drained noodles, together with he spinach and beansprouts.
• Blend together all the remaining ingredients and pour over the noodles and vegetables.
• Stir fry until the noodle mixture is thoroughly heated through, then serve.

Serves 4 people


Recipe supplied by Katrina Jordaan, Cape Town, South Africa