Chicken / Vegetable Chow mein

Ingredients:

Red Ching's secret noodles- 2 packets.

Chicken breast boiled & sliced-1

Dry red chillies-3

Chilli oil- 1/3 rd cup ( Heat 1 cup i.e 200 ml sesame(til) oil and add 15 dry red chillies.Fry on high heat till black.Switch off gas.Leave overnight & strain in the morning to get chilli oil.Store in the refrigerator as it can get rancid)

Garlic sliced-3 tbsp

Spring onion -2 bulbs

Spring onion greens chopped- 3 tbsp

Cabbage medium sized sliced-1/4th

Green Capsicum sliced-1/4 th

Beans diagonally sliced thin- 150 gm

Carrot scraped and julienned-1/2

Baby corn diagonally sliced-4

Soya sauce-3 tsf

Vinegar ( prefer Ching's secret chilli vinegar)-1-2 tsf

Maggi chicken seasoning (optional)-2. If using reduce salt.

Red chilli powder-1/2 to 1tsf

Salt to taste

Method:

1.Boil noodles as per instructions on packet. Wash in colander with cold water. Apply chilli oil and keep.

2.Heat oil. Add broken red chillies n garlic. Saute till slightly brown.

3.Add beans , baby corn , carrot with 1 tsf sugar to preserve green colour & saute on high heat for 5 mins with constant stirring. Add boiled sliced chicken if making chicken chow mein .

4.Add cabbage, capsicum, spring onion white & green. Stir for 2 mins on high heat. Add boiled noodles, salt, soya sauce, vinegar, chicken seasoning. Mix gently but thoroughly.

CHICKEN IN ORANGE SAUCE

A very tasty simple healthy chicken. On a cold winter evening, after a hot soup , you can serve it with garlic bread. The warm dessert you can follow it with is chocolate brownie pudding.

Ingredients:

Chicken, cut into 12 pieces- 1

Ginger paste -1 tsf

Garlic paste-1 tsf

Salt to taste

Olive oil- 4tbsp

Garlic chopped small-2tbsp

Baby potatoes peeled-4

Mushrooms cut into 4-2

Carrot-1/2 cut into pieces of 1/2 inch size

Green Capsicum-1/2, cut into pieces of 1inch size

Beans -4 cut in a slanting manner ,each into 3 pieces

Baby corn 3-cut in a slanting manner ,each into 3 pieces

Spring Onion-White part-3-4 bulbs

Spring onion greens chopped-2 tbsp

Salt-To taste

Black pepper( coarse ground) -1-2 tsf

Tabasco -1/2 tsf

Orange juice-1/4 cup

Mustard sauce-1/4th tsf

Chilli flakes-1/2-1 tsf

Corn flour-1tsf

Oregano seasoning-1/2 -1 tsf

Soya sauce-1 tsf

Method:

1.Marinate chicken in ginger garlic paste after washing well & poking all over with a fork.Keep for 1/2 hour.

2.Heat oil.Add chopped garlic & brown.

3.Add chicken & baby potatoes and saute till slightly brown.

4.Mix orange juice, salt , pepper, chilli flakes,tabasco, soya sauce,corn flour, oregano, mustard sauce and mix well.

5.Add to the chicken in the pan & mix well.

6.Cover & cook till chicken is 3/4th done.

7.Now add all the vegetables except the green capsicum & spring onion greens. Don't overcook as vegetables should be slightly crunchy.

8.Dry on high heat if too much liquid is left.The finished product should be semi dry.

9.Add capsicum & spring onion greens ,before taking off the fire.

10.Serve hot with garlic bread.

Variations:

1.Can do the same with fish / meat but cooking time will change.

2.Can add broccoli / cauliflower / tofu / peas / zucchini.