Orient Restaurant: Pork Chow Mein

The Orient Restaurant in St. Louis' Chinatown offered an exotic dining experience, complete with hanging red lanterns and steaming pots of Darjeeling tea. The chicken and pork chow mein were customer favorites.

Cook until pork is brown Fried Noodles

Pork Chow Mein

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 13, 1992

Yield: 4 servings


Ingredients

  • 1 lb lean pork

  • 2 tsp vegetable oil

  • 1 tsp salt

  • Dash pepper

  • 1/2 cup chicken bouillon

  • 3 cups thinly sliced onions

  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch

  • 2 tsp soy sauce

  • Fried noodles


Preparation

Cut pork into chunks about 1/2 inch in diameter. Heat a heavy 10-inch frying pan or wok; add oil, salt, pepper and pork. Cook over moderately high heat stirring constantly, until meat is brown. Add bouillon and sliced onion, cover; cook over low heat 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, blend together cornstarch, soy sauce and 1/4 cup water. Add to pan; cook a few minutes more, stirring constantly until juice thickens and mixture is very hot. Serve immediately over fried noodles.


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