Chicken Chow Mein |
Serves 4 |
Ingredients:
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For the marinade: |
| 1 | tablespoon | cornflour |
| 4 | tablespoon | light soy sauce |
| 1-2 | tablespoon | rice wine or medium dry sherry |
| 2 | tablespoon | rice or cider vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon | sesame oil |
| 2 | tablespoon | clear honey |
For the stir fry: |
| 4 | breast | chicken cut into strips |
| 1 | 250g | packet medium egg noodles |
| 2 | tablespoon | sesame oil |
| 1 | whole | red chilli finely chopped |
| 2 | cloves | garlic |
| 1 | inch | root ginger, grated |
| 1 | whole | carrot thinly sliced |
| 1 | whole | courgette thinly sliced |
| 1 | each | colour pepper cut into strips |
| 8 | ounces | broccli |
| 4 | ounces | mangetout |
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Method: |
| Mix up the marinade and stir in the chicken, leave for an hour or so. |
| Cook noodles in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes and drain. |
| Heat the seame oil over a very high heat. Add chicken, saving marinade for later. Cook for 4 minutes. |
| Add chilli, garlic and ginger, stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes. |
| Add vegetable except mangetout and stir fry, on medium heat, for 5 to 8 minutes. |
| Add noodles and mangetout and cook on high for 1 to 2 minutes until thick and bubbling. |
| Variation: You really can't get this wrong. Save the softest veg until last, don't worry about the noodles, if you don't want them and go mad... |
| from {jens} |
