Nicholas' Asian Noodle Surprise!

For my week on the Write to Cook, I made Asian noodles with chicken, peppers, celery, carrots, onions, and a touch of ginger. I really enjoyed making Asian noodles since I had never done it before and I wanted to try something that would really teach the club something. Although I had never actually made noodles like that before I wasn't sure how they were going to turn out, but they were actually pretty good and everyone liked them. At home I normally would just wait for my mother to cook dinner but this club has really encouraged me to help out more in the kitchen.

Getting ready to cook Asian Noodles!

Nicholas' Asian Noodles

Ingredients

·      1 red pepper thinly sliced

·      1 tablespoon of sesame oil

·      2 boneless chicken breast – cubed and cooked

·      ½ onion thinly sliced

·      2 carrots and celery finely chopped

·      1 tablespoon of minced ginger – chopped really small

·      2 green scallions chopped thinly

Sauce

·      ¼ cup oyster sauce

·      ¼ cup hoisin sauce

·      ¼ sesame oil

·      3 tablespoons of soy sauce

Directions

·      Sauce Mixture:

       Combine sauce ingredients above and whisk until all combined. Set aside.

·      In a pot start boiling water for the noodles.

·      In a large pan, add 1 tablespoon of sesame oil (on medium heat) add the onions, carrots celery, red pepper and ginger. Sauté until slightly tender.

·      Add the cooked cubed chicken to the vegetables. Stir in the sauce mixture. Cook on low stirring every now and then.

·      In the meantime, add the noodles to the boiling water and cook for 4 minutes then drain the noodles and add them to the pan with chicken, vegetables and sauce. Stir to combine everything.

·      Serve with chopped green scallions on top. Add extra soy sauce, if needed, on top.

·      Enjoy!

While we waited for the water to boil we made some gooey chocolate oatmeal squares...