My dear husband is working away at the moment and I tend to make one dish and eat it for three nights straight. I only had one more to go as I’m going to be away for the week. Then he phones to say he’s coming home tonight! It’s 5.20pm and I don’t have a great deal in the fridge. A quick shop to grab a few bits and pieces for him to live on while I’m away.
But what about dinner tonight? Quick Fix Noodles to the rescue. So, checking the recipe, I make sure I have everything (except chilli, we don’t bother with it) and the extras I normally put in. I had some left over roast pork in the fridge so decided to incorporate that as well. You could add cooked chicken instead, or maybe some prawns. It’s a great ‘bottom of the fridge’ meal!
Tea is cooked by 6.20pm. That includes driving to and from the shop!
Here’s my version of the Cookidoo recipe found here: Quick Fix Noodles.
- 20g olive oil
- 1 carrot, diced small (or in chunks)
- 1 stick celery, diced small (or in chunks)
- 2 tsp vegetable stock paste
- 2 tsp fried, dried onion flakes (found in Asian stores)
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 Nori sheet, cut into slivers with scissors
- 1000 g boiling water
- 250 g dried quick-cooking noodles
- 50 g snow peas, trimmed and cut into pieces (approx. 1 cm)
- 20 g oyster sauce
- 20 g soy sauce
- 1 bunch bok choy, stems sliced and leaves sliced separately
- 20g olive oil (optional)
- Roast pork, chicken, ham, prawns or tofu
- 1 tsp Chinese Five Spice (optional)
- If you don't want to dice up the carrot and celery, just put the chunks into the Thermomix bowl with the oil and chop 5 seconds/speed 5. Check, scrape down and repeat for a couple of seconds if necessary.
- If you are hand dicing the carrot and celery, add it to the bowl with the olive oil, dried onion, garlic powder and nori sheets.
- Weigh in boiling water and cook 2 min/120/Reverse/speed 2.
- Meanwhile, if using meat, chicken, prawns etc, place oil in frying pan and add five spice.
- Add diced meat and stir fry for a few minutes. Turn off heat and leave in pan until noodles are cooked.
- Add noodles, oyster sauce and soy sauce and cook 2 minutes/120/Reverse/speed 1.
- Add bok choy stems and cook a further 1 minute/120/Reverse/speed 1.
- Place bok choy leaves and snow peas into ThermoServer. Pour over noodles.
- Add mea, chicken etc if using.
- Mix altogether and leave for a few minutes for flavours to incorporate.
- Serve in bowls.
