tonight

korean-style chicken noodle bowl

tonight's dinner is courtesy of 4littlefergusons on tasty kitchen.

it was pretty delish, although i tweaked it slightly...


you will need:

• 1 package (13.25 Oz. Package) Whole Wheat Spaghetti Noodles
• 1 piece Fresh Ginger, 1-inch Piece  (i used ground ginger from the bottle)
• 4 whole Garlic Cloves, Pressed
• ½ cups Tamari Or Soy Sauce
• 6 Tablespoons Honey
• 4 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
• 4 Tablespoons Rice Wine Vinegar
• 2 Tablespoons Sesame Oil (this Makes The Dish!)
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha Hot Sauce, More If You Like It Hot  (didnt have it, used crushed red pepper)
• 2 cups Sliced Mushrooms
• 2 Tablespoons Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 1 pound Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Cut Into Cubes
• ½ packages (16 Oz. Package) Cole Slaw Mix  (omitted)
• ½ cups Chopped Carrots
• ½ whole Red Pepper
• 5 whole Large Green Onions, Thinly Sliced (tops And Bottoms)
• Toasted Sesame Seeds, For Garnish   (omitted)

Bring a large pot of water to a boil, salt it, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and place in a large serving bowl.

In a small pot, combine a splash of water, chopped ginger, garlic, tamari/soy sauce, honey, tomato paste, vinegar, sesame oil and hot sauce, whisking until smooth and heated. Pour sauce over noodles and keep warm.

Get all of the remaining ingredients ready for a quick stir-fry.

In an oversized skillet, sautee mushrooms in the butter; remove from the pan, leaving juices behind.

Add the oil and heat over high heat. Add the chicken cubes and stir-fry until browned, about 3 minutes.

Add the cabbage, carrots and bell pepper and stir-fry for 2 minutes, then add the scallions and toss for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms back in, stir and empty the skillet contents over the noodles. Top with sesame seeds.

note: these directions are hers, i didn't feel like re-typing them. you can probably tell since she used real punctuation and capitalization...


this was pretty quick and easy and had lots of flavor! i'll probably be omitting chicken next time, and using larger, more coarsely chopped vegetables instead. i haven't been eating very much meat lately,  for no particular reason, but as you can see in earlier posts, this week was meat free.

i don't care for large chunks of red meat and really hardly ever eat red meat, unless ground. (or unless i am home and my wonderful momma is making what we like to call "beef tits"  or, for civilized people, beef tips (which you MUST consume with egg noodles.) the only other non-ground red meat i ever eat is pot roast, which must be consumed with white rice. so, you learned something new today--you probably have been eating these dishes wrong your whole life.

you're welcome.

in a nutshell, you will most likely only ever come across chicken or turkey based meat dishes, maybe ground beef or ground sausage occasionally (like in delicious quiche or stuffed peppers!!) and never, ever will you spy a crustacean, arthropod, or other sea dweller, seeing as these creatures are just plain weird and gross.