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Min means noodle, and Yung Chow is the name of the place in China where this dish is prepared in the most delicious way.

(a) Put 2 pounds of noodles into boiling water, and boil until the noodles float on the surface.

(b) Take out and place quickly in cold water.

(c) Put into boiling oil until hard.

(d) Cook in 7 cups primary soup until soft.

(e) Make a chicken gravy of 1 cup of chicken fragments, 1½ cups Chinese mushrooms, and 1½ cups Chinese water chestnuts. Add this to Chinese gravy.

(f) Pour the gravy into the soup, and stir well. Remove from the stove at once, and serve hot.