This recipe was changed on 21 Aug 2015. Some instructions
and ingredient quantities were changed. There is another variation of this
recipe: Beef
and Bell Pepper Dough Sliced Noodles (青椒牛肉刀削麵,
Ceng1 Ziu1 Ngau4 Juk6 Dou1
Soek3 Min6).
Here’s another recipe, using beef, for making chow mein with
dough sliced noodles. Unlike the dish at the local Chinese Muslim restaurant,
this version uses spicy black bean chili sauce. Dough sliced noodles are aptly
named since the noodles are sliced from a block of dough. Another name for
these noodles is “knife-cut noodles”. The noodles have a chewy doughy texture,
unlike normal chow mein noodles. I always wondered how to get or make these
noodles. Now I don’t have to go to a restaurant to get this dish since I found
the dough sliced noodles in the freezer section at my local Asian market. The
package contains 5 packs of noodles each weighing 200 grams (for a total of 1
kilogram). While the package says that you don’t have to thaw the noodles
before cooking, I defrost my noodles overnight before use. Once I forgot to
defrost the noodles, and I put the noodles in boiling water briefly to defrost
them. The noodles definitely get defrosted, but the texture is not as chewy
after being boiled. If you can’t find dough sliced noodles, you can substitute
another flat noodle.
Enjoy!