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How mince is cooked in Chinese dish? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chow mein

'chinese dish?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'how mince is cooked in' is the wordplay.
'is cooked' indicates an anagram.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mince' anagrammed gives 'cmein'.
'how' going into 'cmein' is 'CHOW-MEIN'.

(Other definitions for chow mein that I've seen before include "Chinese-style noodle dish" , "Chinese dish of noodles, meat and veg" , "Chinese food" , "Chinese-American dish" , "Chinese noodle dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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