I am still on the band wagon for fast meals that are easy to throw together - that the whole family enjoys and are healthy.
This weeks comes from a combo of recipes I found on Good Taste and also from Michelle Bridges recipe book -with a few Tamar additions :)
It works. It's really filling and simple as to throw together. We serve it in GREAT big bowls.
I've kind of steered clear of how many of things to get -make it work for your family. The only work in this is dicing and chopping.
You will need
- Chicken breast or tenderloins - or diced chicken - chopped up.
- Onion - diced
- Carrots - ( cut into sticks )
- Baby Bok Choy - Baby is best but if you can't get it just normal Bok Choy or at times I have even used or Pak Choy or Choy Sum. They usually come in three per pack and I get two packs for our family. - ( chopped up roughly greens and all)
- Udon Noodles - get the ones in the Asian section of the store - not the fresh ones - 440gms suits us ( 2 packets )
- Chicken stock - 2 litres in total for four people- you can get salt reduced if you prefer
OPTIONAL
If you don't have any star anise - it's a good little addition to your cupboard - fairly inexpensive and you just add one or two to some stock for a nice flavour
Ginger - I tend to buy it in a jar and have it on hand in the fridge because we aren't huge ginger eaters in our house but it's good in this recipe
Coriander - But it makes it taste really fresh and yummy - so its worth adding
TO DO
- Put the stock on to boil with ginger and star anise- I also add in 3 cups of water (You will need a big soup pot )
- Chop everything up
- Add chicken and onion
- Then add carrots
- A few minutes later add the bok choy and shallots
- Once chicken is cooked through add the noodles
- Cook for a further 3 minutes
- Remove the star of anise
- Serve in BIG bowls with chopped coriander on top
YUM
Ingredient list - without the annotated bits for those of you who like to grab and print before heading to the store :)
- Chicken fillet
- Udon Noodles
- Onion
- Shallots
- Carrot
- Chicken Stock (1/2 litre per person)
- Baby Bok Choy
- Star Anise
- Ginger
- Coriander
Enjoy!
