What is the name of the brown sauce that is served with Pan Fried Noodles?

Question

When you order Chinese food, what is the name of the brown sauce that comes in pan fried noodles that is so good. i want to know so i can go buy the sauce at the store and make the dish at home.

Answer 1

Is it Hoisin sauce?

Answer 2

There are so many brown sauces, that one wouldn't really know.

It would be best to ring up the place where you order your Pan Fried Noodles and ask them the name of the sauce.

Answer 3

There's no official name for this sauce - the type of chow mein you're talking about is known as "Jiin Mein" - or sometimes known as "Hong Kong Style" chow mein.  Instead of being soft and pasta-like, they actually fry the nooldes in oil until it's crispy and more like a crisp bread/cracker texture.  You can cut the noodles into wedges and serve it that way.

The sauce is a mixture of soy, water, oil, salt/pepper, MSG, sugar, and Hoi Sin sauce - chinese oyster sauce.

good luck

Answer 4

Regardless whether you're referring to the Americanized Pan-Fried Noodles or the Cantonese-style Pan-Fried Noodles (廣東式炒麵, which is available in the popular style called 兩面黃 = deep fried in oil....兩 = two; 面 = sides; 黃 = yellow), the sauce used is mainly Oyster Sauce (蠔油) and soy sauce (called 豉油 or 生抽), not the Hoi Sin Sauce (海鮮醬 = seafood sauce, which tastes much sweeter).

Here's the recipe for Cantonese-style "Seafood Pan-Fried Noodles" (translated directly from Chinese recipe):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl...

This recipe is authentic Cantonese-style (it's pretty close to my homemade recipe, except I use Tapioca to thicken the sauce).

NOTE:  To thicken the sauce, we use Tapioca (太白粉), available in Chinese grocery stores in the "powder mix" and spices section or isle, instead of cornstarch, because the texture is finer so that the sauce comes out "smoother" and more refined than cornstarch.

For egg noodles, I would recommend Man Fon Noodles (萬豐麵) for the best texture.  If it's not available, then get the Hong Kong Style Wonton Noodles (港式餛飩麵), as their texture is pretty good, too, secondary to 萬豐 brand.  Everything else on the racks, such as 金塔 brand or Southern California brand (no Chinese name, it's just made in southern Cali), are rather disappointing in texture.  Use the "thin" egg noodles for the most authentic style, as the "wide" egg noodles are more common with the 福建 or 福州 or Taiwan-descent people, all from the 福建 province (don't know the English name).

And please do not add extra MSG in the sauce, as the Oyster Sauce already has some MSG in it.  Seriously, eating too much MSG is NOT healthy for anybody.

Answer 5

Soy Sauce

Oyster Sauce

They use both.

Answer 6

hoisin sauce....its like a brown gravy

Answer 7

Merde Sauce