Been on my hols to Spain but the food was not up to very much as it was quite a touristy destination purposely taken for cheapness and laziness. Lay round the pool soaking up far too much sunshine. I wish, now I'm back on my blog, that I could write about tasty tapas, fresh seafood paella or even a huevos a la flamenca but sadly the food was aimed at Brits abroad and I resorted to cooking up meals in our apartment. Got back this afternoon and needed to throw together a quick and easy meal so here it is, not Spanish at all but Chinese.
It's so quick to make and quicker to eat. My 7 yr old son made me play 'MasterChef' when eating it and he said it was a 'simple but excellent dish with tender meat and lovely sauce on the noodles'. His version was noodles with Soy sauce over the top with all the veg fresh on the side but with the meat cooked.
Veggie version for the hubby had meat replaced with Quorn chicken style pieces (they don't yet do a beef strips style).
Quick, tasty noodles.
For 2 people - 3 minutes to cook
2 portions of dried egg fried noodles - Sharwoods
5 tablespoons light Soy Sauce and 3 tablespoons of Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce mixed together
4 Spring Onions - chopped small
1/4 Red Pepper - roughly choppped
1/4 Yellow Pepper - roughly chopped
4 or 5 Mange tout or Sugar Snaps or anything green and edible really
Carrot - as much as you fancy and sliced thin
3 Mushrooms - whatever type and size you fancy
Beef, thin sliced - stripped and as much as you think the 2 or you can eat ( I used Sirloin today and left it to soak in soy sauce for the time it took me to prepare the veg).
Really, you can just chop the veg how you fancy but remember thickly chopped is crunchier.
If doing veggie meal simply replace the meat with the quorn.
Ingredients ready to go
3 Minutes later scrummy meal
Strip the meat and throw it into a bowl with a dash of soy sauce to soak whilst you are chopping the veg. Chop the veg to desired shapes and thickness.
Heat the water for the noodles in a pan and heat up the oil in frying pan when water starts boiling. Throw noodles into boiling water and meat into frying pan (high heat).
Simmer noodles and after a minute of frying the meat throw in all the veg and fry for a further minute then throw in sauce.
One more minute of frying and stirring and all done. Drain noodles, throw into the frying pan for a quick toss and serve.
Prawn crackers go well on the side and a cold drink.
Enjoy
