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Keywords: Noodle, Stir, Crispy, Fried, Mian
chop suey served with fried noodles
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Chinese stir fried yellow noodle-can be crispy or soft
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Literally 'fried noodles'. Cooked noodles are fried with meat and/or vegetables.
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"fried noodles"; these popular, crispy, wide, pale-yellow egg noodles are often fried with chicken, pork, beef, fish, vegetables, soups, and stir fried dishes.
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Chow mein is a generic Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles, of which there are hundreds if not thousands of varieties. The pronunciation of "mein" is Cantonese and the pronunciation of "mian" is Mandarin. The character for "mian"/"mein" is 麵, which means wheat noodles.
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