This recipe appears to have a lot if ingredients, but the majority are store cupboard ingredients that I use time and time again. I use a lot of vegetables but only two chicken breasts to serve 5 of us! As long as you cut the chicken thinly, there is plenty to go around! Of course, noodles are a filler, so if you want to make this recipe go even further, add a couple more nests and mix the noodles into the stir fry before serving. This recipe serves five, two adults and three children.

Ingredients:

A little cooking oil (I like rape seed)
Small red onion, sliced into half moons
2 garlic cloves, chopped small or crushed
Thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped
2 chicken breasts, sliced thinly into strips (thin strips cook quicker than chunks)
2 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 a red pepper, cubed
4-6 mushrooms, sliced
Several florets of broccoli, halved or quartered
Handful of french beans, cut into quarters

2 tsp chinese five spice powder
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
Dry egg noodles (3-4 nests I find feeds 5 with this recipe)
2 tsp toasted sesame oil

Method:

Gently fry off the onion in a little oil, on a low heat, until softened
Add the garlic and ginger and stir for a minute before adding the chicken and sprinkle over the chinese five spice
Leave to cook gently for 5 mins
Stir and ensure each piece of meat is turned over
The chicken should now be white in colour

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Add the broccoli, carrot and french beans, stir
Add the soy (light and dark) and fish sauce, cover and allow to steam for 5 mins
Meanwhile, get a saucepan of water up the boil for the noodles
Add the mushrooms and peppers (we like the pepper to have a bit of crunch) and steam for a further 5 mins
Put the noodles into the boiling water (time according to instructions, usually around 3 mins)
The soy, fish sauce and water from the veggies, should be enough to steam but if it looks a bit dry, just add a splash of water

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Check that the chicken is cooked through and the veg is as soft as you like it
Drain the noodles and dress in the toasted sesame oil
Serve the stir fried chicken and vegetables on a bed of the noodles