simple stir fried noodles "chow-mien"

I still haven't made more dumplings, or gyoza, with the rest of the meat/cabbage filling. I decided to stir fry the already-chopped-up meat and vegetables with some noodles and made simple chow mien.



Simple Chow Mien

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon oilve oil for frying (optional)
1 cup dumpling/gyoza filling
Asian noodles, cooked (for 2)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon white pepper

Cook the Asian noodles according to package instructions. (I use dry Taiwanese yellow noodles... cooked and drained.) Heat the oil and stir-fry the gyoza filling until the meat looks pretty much cooked. Push the meat and vegetables to the side to make a circle in the center of the pan. Add sesame oil and the cooked noodles and stir together the meat/vegetables and noodles until hot. Add soy sauce and white pepper to taste.

This Chow Mien tasted so good, and it reminded me of the Chow Mien from this little noodle stand in Taiwan. I think the sesame oil, soy sauce, combined with the white pepper did the trick.