How to recreate "Wakkanai Chamen

Introduction

This is a recipe that recreates chow mein, a local noodle dish that is representative of Wakkanai City, Hokkaido.
The local noodle, chow mein, is a type of Ramen made by boiling noodles, then frying or grilling them to give them a crispy texture, and topping them with a thick sauce made mainly from seafood. It is essentially the same as ankake yakisoba, but in limited areas of Japan it is called chow mein.
The Wakkanai area in particular is said to have the most fried noodle restaurants in Japan, and yakisoba is often called "chōmen" and ankake yakisoba is called "ankake chamen."
Fried noodles are basically salty, and refer to salt-fried noodles, but some restaurants offer a choice between Shoyu sauce and salt flavors.
This is a recipe that uses commercial Ramen soup to easily recreate the taste of the local noodle dish, chow mein.

How to make Wakkanai Chamen

Ingredients for Wakkanai fried noodles

Ingredients for sauce (serves 2)

・Soup for thick sauce・・・400ml
・ Commercial Tonkotsu Soup (CP-B8)...60ml
・Shrimp・・・10 pieces
・Scallops...4 pieces
・Squid・・・30g
・ Cabbage...30g
・Carrot...10g
・Bean sprouts...10g
・Shiitake mushrooms...4 pieces
・Salad oil...appropriate amount
・Potato starch dissolved in water
・Water...15ml
・Potato starch...15g

How to make Wakkanai fried noodles

1. The noodles are boiled and then cooked in Frying pan with oil. Some restaurants also deep-fry the noodles.
2. 魚介類や野菜を炒めて、あんかけ用スープ、とんこつスープを加えて、 水溶き片栗粉で餡を作る。
3. Season with Shoyu or salt. Pour a generous amount of the sauce over the noodles and it's done.

Professional purchasing and cooking tips

The key to bringing out the flavor of the chow mein is the pork bone white soup base.

By purchasing soup, seasoning, flavored oil, pork fillet, seasoned egg, and seaweed all in one package, you can minimize the risk of ordering errors and inventory dispersion.

History and origins

Wakkanai has a local noodle dish called "chamen," which can be considered a sub-type of Ramen. It is a noodle dish made by pouring stir-fried noodles with a sauce made from seafood and vegetables selected by each restaurant. The name "chamen" is only used in very limited areas of Japan, but Wakkanai has many chamen restaurants.
There are two theories about its origins. One is said to be the origin of the now-closed Ramen shop "Koran," and the other is said to be the still-existing "Aji no Kaku-san." In either case, it began after the war, and many shops still exist today from the 1960s. Its two defining features are: 1) boiled Chinese noodles are baked or deep-fried to brown the noodles, and 2) a thick sauce made with vegetables or seafood is placed on top. Furthermore, each shop has its own unique characteristics, such as how the noodles are cooked and the ingredients used.

Store Information

• Store name: Daisho
• Address: 1-15-10 Midori, Wakkanai, Hokkaido
• sales:-
• Closed: None

*Business hours and holidays may change, so please check with the store before visiting.

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Precautions

*Created by Nishio Ryoichi as an homage to Wakkanai fried noodles.

*This recipe is for reference only. It aims to have a similar taste, but may differ from the authentic "Wakkanai Chow Mein" recipe.

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