Chicken chow mein

Chicken chow mein

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

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

plus marinating

Low-fat

Method

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

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.

545 kcalories, protein 33.0g, carbohydrate 80.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 12.0g, salt 1.98 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009.

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  • 26 October 2009

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really yummy - made less for 2 and it worked well. Also tried the easy thai noodle soup which was really good, though I didn't used the chilli as I was already using Thai Red curry paste which I thought would be enough.

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  • 30 October 2009

    ThomMich rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Just okay. I cooked it exactly as the recipe, but it was just a bland and disappointing.

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  • 01 November 2009

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    As usual with Barney's recipes, this worked well and tasted great. Good healthy ingredients.

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  • 01 November 2009

    Linette rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I found it disappointing - far too many noodles and not enough chicken. The marinade was delicious though and I plan to use it as the base for a simple stir-fry.

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  • 03 November 2009

    sue adamson rated this recipe

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    03 December 2009

    Liz rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was quick easy to put together, and ok for a midweek meal, but we thought the end esult was a bit bland.

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  • 10 January 2010

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  • 19 January 2010

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  • 12 February 2010

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  • 18 February 2010

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  • 24 February 2010

    Margot rated this recipe

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  • 16 April 2010

    Debbie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My 13 year old son made this for dinner tonight -delicious

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  • 28 April 2010

    Jennji rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Very bland, no flavour. Might make again with a lot more changes. Couldn't the ginger as all.

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  • 16 May 2010

    lulujersey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really yummy, simple stir fry. Added more ginger, chicken and chilli though after reading the comments. Halved the portions for two but it was still very generous !

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  • 16 June 2010

    Adinutza rated this recipe

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  • 20 June 2010

    Manfa rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious but would make more sauce, use more chicken and less bean sprouts next time. Prepared the veg and marinaded the chicken earlier in the day when I had more time; easy to throw together when ready to eat.

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  • 25 June 2010

    Kahlan rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    It was alright. Like the others have said, it's a bit bland, but you can add more soy sauce or whatever for more flavour. Would probably have it again.

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  • 06 August 2010

    McCamley rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved it, so did my husband, will defo make this again mmm

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  • 29 November 2010

    Karen rated this recipe

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  • 07 March 2011

    Sarath rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    easy n quick.. am not a cook still find it eay to make n tasted gud as well... every one liked it

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

plus marinating

Low-fat

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 beansprouts
  • 3 spring onions , halved and sliced into long strips
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
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545 kcalories, protein 33.0g, carbohydrate 80.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 12.0g, salt 1.98 g

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