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# Fruit cocktail is considered one mixture, if the majority is HaEtz fruits, then the Bracha is HaEtz, and if the majority is HaAdama fruit, the Bracha is HaAdama. <Ref> Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, chapter4, pg 62, Handbook pg 44) </ref>

'''Chicken chow mein'''

# Chicken chow mein which is only made with chicken and vegetables is Shehakol if the chicken is the majority and HaAdama if the vegetables are the majority. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 212:1 writes that a mixture of two foods neither of which is mezonot and one isn’t coming to enhance the other the Bracha depends on the majority. Vezot HaBracha (pg 90), Halachos of Brachos (pg 68), and Laws of Brachos (pg 214) agree. Therefore, Laws of Brachos (pg 362) writes that if there’s no noodles (or rice) in the chicken chow mein then it depends on the majority, if there’s a majority of vegetables the Bracha is HaAdama if the majority is chicken the Bracha is Shehakol. </ref>

# If chicken chow mein is made with chicken, vegetables, and noodles, if the noodles are mixed well with the other ingredients then the Bracha is Mezonot. However, if the noodles aren’t completely combined then the Bracha is Mezonot on the noodles and either HaAdama or Shehakol on the rest depending on the majority (see previous halacha). <Ref>Laws of Brachos (pg 362) writes if there are noodles in chicken chow mein the Bracha is Mezonot on the noodles, and Shehakol on the chow mein if it’s mostly chicken or HaAdama on the chow mein if it’s mostly vegetables. However, on pg 385 note 14 he qualifies that this is only the case when the noodles aren’t totally combines however if they are mixed in well then mezonot on the noodles exempts the other ingredients. Also, the [http://www.ou.org/publications/brachot/default.htm OU] writes simply that chow mein is mezonot. (Maybe they are assuming the noodles are mixed completely.) </ref>