Chow Mein

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/8 pounds beef mince
• 2 pinches Chinese five-spice
• 2 pinches chilli powder optional
• 1 brown onion large, sliced Chinese-style, thinly sliced from root to top
• 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 9/16 cups ginger about 15cm long piece of, peeled and grated
• 3 green chillies long, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cabbage wombok, thinly sliced
• 1 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup oyster sauce
• 4 tablespoons tamari sauce or light soy sauce
• 3 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1 1/8 cups frozen peas
• 1 handful green beans thinly sliced
• 5 spring onions sliced on an angle
• 5 5/8 ounces vermicelli reconstituted in boiling water for 10 minutes, chopped into 5cm lengths with scissors
• 3 1/2 ounces bean sprouts
• rice bran oil or Sunflower, for deep-frying, it needs to be about 6cm deep
• 1 3/4 ounces vermicelli noodles uncooked, to garnish, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 740 calories
• Carbohydrate : 70 grams
• Cholesterol : 95 milligrams
• Fat : 34 grams
• Fiber : 9 grams
• Protein : 38 grams
• SaturatedFat : 10 grams
• Sodium : 2210 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams
• TransFat : 1.5 grams