Easy Peasy Chicken Noodles
These Easy Peasy Chicken Noodles are a tasty and comforting supper. Much of the flavour comes in the noodles, so the heavy lifting is done for you and there are plenty of vegetables, for that smug feeling.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 hungry portions 1x
- Category: Takeaway alternative
- Method: Stir Fry
- Cuisine: Noodles
Ingredients
- 150g (5oz) broccoli/broccolini
- 2 medium carrots approx 150g (5oz)
- 100g (4oz) sugar snap peas
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 sweetcorn cob, approx 200g (7oz), kernels sliced off
- 100g (4oz) radish
- a glug of soy sauce
- 100g (4oz) cooked, shredded chicken
- 2 x 75g (3oz) packs of chicken curry flavoured instant noodles (or similar) - see NOTES below
- 2 handfuls of baby spinach (optional)
Instructions
- Prep your vegetables, stir fry style - The finer you cut the vegetables, the faster they’ll cook and the easier they’ll combine with the noodles.
- Shred the cooked chicken.
- Stir fry the vegetables - Some vegetables take longer to stir fry than others. I started off with the broccoli and carrots; added the sugar snaps and yellow pepper next and finished with the sweetcorn and radish. This is not essential but avoids any overcooking.
- Cook the instant noodles according to the packet instructions - I added 800ml water for 2 x 75g (3oz) packets (the guidance was 300-400ml/10-13 fl oz (per packet) and cooked them for 3 minutes.
- Add some soy sauce to the stir fry to taste.
- Stir the chicken and baby spinach (if using) into the vegetables.
- Tip the noodles into the chicken + vegetables - making sure to include the cooking liquid (see NOTES below). Combine and serve.
Notes
Which instant noodles should you choose? - Mine were Indomie Chicken Curry flavour, Instant Noodles. You might not be able to get this brand, but you are looking for quick cook with flavouring included.
Don’t drain the liquid off the cooked noodles - The cooking liquid becomes the sauce when the flavouring is added. They might look too watery when everything is first combined, but trust the process. Also, the amount of liquid means that it lends itself to leftovers for the next day because it hasn’t dried out and gone all stodgy.
Keywords: takeaway, midweek, TV dinner, teenager
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