Name: Chicken chow mein
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 85g dried chuka soba noodles, or other Chinese egg noodles; 60ml, plus 2 tbsp groundnut oil; Salt; 125ml chicken stock, homemade or low-sodium tinned; 3 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, plus more for the table; 2 tsp cornflour; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 170g), cut into thin 5-cm-long strips; 1 tsp dark Asian sesame oil; 1 heaping tbsp minced peeled fresh ginger; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 spring onion, white and green minced; 1/2 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced; 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced on the diagonal; 10 dried shittake mushrooms, rehydrated, drained, and thinly sliced; 50g thinly sliced canned water chestnuts; 170g fresh mung bean sprouts; 750g cooked white rice, hot