Vegetable Chowmein

This chowmein could be a good side dish to any chinese food as supposed to an usual "rice". You can make it vegan, vegetarian or with meat to make many variations.

Ingredients (4 servings):

• 2 pkg Chuka Soba (find in the Asian section of any grocery store, see the pic below)
• 1 pkg Tofu Cutlet (find in refrigerated vegetarian/tofu section of any grocery store) sliced
• ½ pkg shredded carrot (OR 2 carrots julienned)
• 4 celery stalks julienned
• vegetable oil
• 3-4 tbsp soy sauce
• salt&pepper
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
• sesame oil (optioinal)

Directions:

1. Cook Chuka Soba according to the package (boil for approx. 3-4min), drain and set aside.(hint: pour some vegetable oil over drained noodle and mix it in. This will prevent noodles from sticking in the pan later!)
2. Stir fry the vegetables and tofu in a little oil. Salt and pepper to the taste.
3. Add cooked noodles and stir all the ingredients together.
4. Flavor with soy sauce(approx 3-4 tbsp), oyster sauce(approx 1tbsp) and a dash of the sesame oil (optional for added flavor)

***Also enjoy your own version of the recipe by adding any type of ingredients, such as back choys, cabbage, pepper, etc.. Also make it with chicken, beef, or ham!