Chinese fried noodles?

Ok, there's this dish a lot of the times you'd see on the menu of a congee and noodle place or a dim sum place.


It's chow mein that's usually only made with bean sprouts and soy sauce and then they sprinkle seasame seed on it.





So every time I try making this, it either tastes bland or too salty but never tastes the same. What kind of seasoning do they use and when do they use it?





Also is there any kind of trick that makes it so the noodles won't soak in oil as much? Some places I've eaten at, when I take it back home to eat, the noodles get a bit soggy and oily while at some other places the noodles stay great. Is there a trick to this? Boil noodles in water before frying? Use salt?





Thanks|||Chow mein means Fried Noodles.





The secret to a lot of chinese cooking is the oil used. Different countries use different types of oil and so unless you use the same type of oil you don't get the same taste.





Chinese cooking using soya oil, with peanut and sesame oil for flavour.





Other mainstay ingredients include, salt, chicken salt, vinegar, and soya sauce.





Generally the food is cooked at a high temperature while stirring it around.





Some things to add to your friend noodles include crushed peanuts, coriander (cilantro), sesame seeds, small amounts of very fatty meat (a common flavouring in chinese cooking).





The other issue is the type of noodles that you use. Chinese has many types of noodles, and most can be fried. But avoid


the egg and rice noodles because they are better for boiling.





The wide noodles are often the best type to cook with.





Or go to your local Chinese grocery store and ask





Qing bang wo, wo yao zou hao chi de chow mein. Qing gaosu wo, xuyao yong shenme dongxi.|||you can put some oil in the frying pan first, then put in some chopped green onion, a little ginger, if you want, you can put some seasame, put in some salt, pepper. and cook it for a min or two. then you put the boiled noodles in, put in some vegetables, bean sprouts, mushrooms, shrimps, whatever you like, put in some soy source, stir for a while. it will be the perfect fried noodles.





and if you go to those asian supermarkets, you can buy a bottle of "oyster source." you can put that in as well.





if yours tasted too salty, just put less salt, because soy source already has some salt in it. if it is too oily, put less oil.