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Quick chicken chow mein

Name: Quick chicken chow mein
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 garlic cloves crushed; good chunk fresh root ginger grated; 1 red chilli deseeded and chopped; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 2 chicken breasts cut into chunky strips; 3 blocks dried egg noodles; ½ a head broccoli broken into florets; 3 carrots cut into thin sticks; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300g pack beansprout; 3 spring onions halved and sliced into long strips; 1 tbsp oyster sauce

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Plus marinating

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This speedy, kid-friendly supper is a great way of cramming a good variety of vegetables into one meal

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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3 garlic cloves

crushed
good chunk fresh root ginger

grated
1 red chilli

deseeded and chopped
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato purée
2 chicken breasts

cut into chunky strips
3 blocks dried egg noodles
½ a head broccoli

broken into florets
3 carrots

cut into thin sticks
1 tbsp vegetable oil
300g pack beansprout
3 spring onions

halved and sliced into long strips
1 tbsp oyster sauce

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal545
fat12g

low
saturates1g
carbs80g
sugars12g
fibre7g
protein33g
salt1.98g

Method

step 1

Mix together the garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce and tomato purée, then add the chicken and leave it to marinate while you prep the rest of the ingredients.
step 2

Boil a large pan of water, add the noodles, broccoli and carrots, then cook for 4 mins before draining.
step 3

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok, tip in the chicken and its marinade, then stir-fry for 4-5 mins until cooked. Toss in the noodles, vegetables, beansprouts and spring onion to warm through, then mix the oyster sauce with 2 tbsp water and stir this in just before serving.

RECIPE TIPS

EASY THAI NOODLE SOUP FOR TWO

Boil 1 litre chicken stock. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli, 1 tsp sugar and 2-3 tsp Thai curry paste, depending on how spicy you like it. Simmer for 5 mins. Add broccoli, chopped green parts from a bunch spring onions, the chicken and 2 blocks noodles, Simmer for 5 mins until cooked through. Finish with the soy sauce, a big handful beansprouts, fresh coriander, juice 1 lime and the white of the spring onions. Add more soy sauce to taste, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009

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