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Chow Mei Fun (Stir-Fried Rice Vermicelli)

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This dish typically includes multiple proteins. You can usually count on shrimp, pork, and egg, and cabbage in some form. Crunchy thin-sliced bell peppers, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, and scallions are not uncommon additions. Then there are also many different permutations of sauced and unsauced chow mei fun dishes.
Mei Fun is made of rice, hence gluten-free, whereas Mein refers to wheat flour-based noodles. Both Chow Mein and Lo Mein call for the latter. Mei fun and Fen Si look very similar when uncooked, but the latter is made of mung bean starch and becomes more translucent after cooking (see the recipe for Glass Noodle Salad).
On the other hand, mei fun noodles have a delicate texture and a mild flavor that pairs well with lighter, more refreshing dishes. They are often used in soups and cold noodle salads, where their thin, silky texture and ability to absorb flavors make them an ideal base for other ingredients.
So, how is chow mein different from chop suey? Chow mein is also a dish that consists of meat, vegetables like cabbage or bok choy and a sauce, but unlike chop suey, it is always served with stir-fried noodles. The noodles in chow mein are stir-fried with the other ingredients, giving them a succulent texture.
Both mei fun and chow fun can be very healthy depending on your ratio of noodles, protein, and vegetables. Both can have trouble with large servings of carbs and sodium. Neither dish calls for much sugar. But, mei fun takes a slight edge in that you can put a larger variety of vegetables in the dish.

Chow Mei Fun, easy stir fried rice noodles 炒米粉

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