I love love love Yellow Cab’s Charlie Chan pasta. I got curious about doing it myself since my husband told me my sister-in-law made this for them last Sunday and it tasted good. Maybe I can try cooking this too?
Ingredients
* 1 whole boneless chicken breast
* 1/3 cup olive oil
* 3 tablespoons sesame oil
* 1 piece onion
* 2 garlic cloves
* 1 1/4 tablespoons char siu sauce (lee kum kee)
* 1/4 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce
* 9 tablespoons oyster sauce
* 1/8 cup sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 1 kg cooked pasta
* peanuts (optional)
Directions
1. Sauté onion and garlic in a little olive oil.
2. Cook chicken until brown.
3. Mix sesame oil, char siu sauce, oyster sauce, chili garlic, and sugar in a bowl.
4. Add liquid mixture to chicken and simmer for a few minutes.
I’ve seen this same recipe posted a few different places on the web, and actually did try it…the proportions must be way off. As written, it was swimming in olive oil, I decided to use about a 1/4 of an onion for a “piece” of onion, and there is wayyyy too much pasta listed. The sauce ended up much browner than the photos I’ve seen, and was too sweet and too salty (though I’ve never had the original at Yellow Cab). Still, with some adjustments, the above could be pretty good.
This is the best from yellow cab.. love it more than their pizza!
we’re trying to do our version at home too but didn’t succeed, LOL.