Chow Fun — Chinese-Hawaiian Wide Noodles

Overview

Chow fun (wide, flat rice noodles stir-fried with beef, bean sprouts, green onion, and soy sauce) is the Chinese-Hawaiian noodle dish that parallels saimin. Where saimin is soup, chow fun is dry stir-fry. The technique demands a screaming-hot wok and confident, fast cooking — the noodles must achieve wok hei (the charred, smoky flavour from the wok) without becoming mushy. In Hawaiʻi, chow fun is served at plate lunch counters, Chinese restaurants, and food trucks.

Key Principles

1. EXCEPTIONAL: Wide rice noodles stir-fried in a very hot wok with sliced beef, bean sprouts, green onion, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Total wok time: two to three minutes maximum.

Pro Tips

EXCEPTIONAL: Wide rice noodles stir-fried in a very hot wok with sliced beef, bean sprouts, green onion, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Total wok time: two to three minutes maximum.

Source

Pacific Migration Trail