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

 ⇒ 

• 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

Enjoy your Chinese Chicken & Vegetable Noodles!!

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