Friday, November 7, 2008

Chicken and Mushroom Noodles

Ingredients
4 Chicken Breasts (cut into bite size chunks)
1 Handful Spring/Salad Onions (sliced into 1cm strips)
200g Mushrooms (sliced)
1 Bottle Oyster Sauce
200ml Chicken Stock
200g Spinach Leaves (150g Salad Leaves if spinach is not available)
400g Egg Noodles
Olive Oil
1 Tablespoons Black Pepper Corns (crushed)

Equipment
1 Wok
1 Large Pan (2/3rds full with salted boiling water)
1 SHARP Knife
1 Chopping Board
Something to crush your pepper corns with (i use a piece of kitchen paper and the blade of my knife)

The Good Bit
  1. Begin to cook the noodles to packet instructions (3-4 minutes) and meanwhile heat a little oil in the wok and cook the chicken until browned on all sides.
  2. Add the mushrooms, onion and pepper corns and stir fry for 2 minutes, then add the oyster sauce, the stock and the spinach (or salad leaves) and cook for 2 minutes or until the leaves have wilted. (Don't cook for too long at this stage)
  3. Whilst this is cooking, your noodles should be done, take them off the heat and drain (i use a colander for this but it's not necessary if you have lids for your pans)
  4. Divide the noodles between 4 plates and dollop on some of the chicken mixture!
Serves 4