Some people make soup with their leftover meat and bones. My dogs love bones, so they get the bones and I package and freeze meat bits for a vegetable stir fry with noodles. It's a delight to use these colourful noodle bowls (a special Christmas gift) to serve my "maca fouchette" (mixed up leftovers). This recipe serves two. It's easy to add or substitute other vegetables and greens once you grasp the basic method: quick cooking - some vegetables are crisp and the noodles are not mushy.
Chinese noodles, three or four single serving "nests"
Onion, medium, sliced
Garlic, three cloves, crushed
Ginger, small piece sliced or chopped
Pimento, three or four sliced
Salt, half teaspoon or to taste
Patchoi, one head, chopped as fine or thick as you like
(Substitute half head of cabbage or mustard green as you like)
White mushrooms, 10-12, sliced
Sweet pepper, small one cut in slices or cubes
Cooked meat bits (chicken, turkey, ham, fish or anise flavoured slow roasted pork!)
Oil, three tablespoons or enough to cover the bottom of pot
Slivered almonds or cashews, fried lightly in oil: as a topping, nuts add flavour and crunch!
Bring pot of water to boil: when bubbling, add noodles and cook for seven minutes. Drain.
While noodles are boiling, heat a large pan. Add oil and saute onion, garlic, ginger, pimento with salt until seasonings are soft and fragrant.
Add mushrooms and patchoi and stir fry, about five minutes or just as greens become wilted, add bits of meat. Add noodles and stir fry, about two or three minutes more. Mix in sweet pepper.
Serve in fabulous bowls with chopsticks, and enjoy!
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| Simple stir fry with noodles served in an attractive bowl |
Chinese noodles, three or four single serving "nests"
Onion, medium, sliced
Garlic, three cloves, crushed
Ginger, small piece sliced or chopped
Pimento, three or four sliced
Salt, half teaspoon or to taste
Patchoi, one head, chopped as fine or thick as you like
(Substitute half head of cabbage or mustard green as you like)
White mushrooms, 10-12, sliced
Sweet pepper, small one cut in slices or cubes
Cooked meat bits (chicken, turkey, ham, fish or anise flavoured slow roasted pork!)
Oil, three tablespoons or enough to cover the bottom of pot
Slivered almonds or cashews, fried lightly in oil: as a topping, nuts add flavour and crunch!
Bring pot of water to boil: when bubbling, add noodles and cook for seven minutes. Drain.
While noodles are boiling, heat a large pan. Add oil and saute onion, garlic, ginger, pimento with salt until seasonings are soft and fragrant.
Add mushrooms and patchoi and stir fry, about five minutes or just as greens become wilted, add bits of meat. Add noodles and stir fry, about two or three minutes more. Mix in sweet pepper.
Serve in fabulous bowls with chopsticks, and enjoy!
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| Vegetables, meat bits and noodles - who needs more? |
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