cooking ideas - stir fry (help )

[Warren]

right, cooking for my g/f friday nite. but need some help,
she wants a stir fry, while im a good cook, ive never done one of these before ?

so far i have

fresh thin thai noodles,
peppers
mushrooms
chicken breasts
satay stir fry sauce.

now, how do i cook the stir fry ?
im guessing i fry the chicken in a wok, add the noodles, mushrooms, peppers and the sauce when the chickens done, and just basically heat it all up?

and what should i serve the stir fry with ?
what else can i chuck in to make it more interesting ?

how long do the noodles take to cook ?

[Richie]

try Scoot / yellow pages and have more quality time together... :kiss: :makelurve: :wink:

[hall13uk]

pot noodles 2mins job done :wink: :wink:









failing that, noodles from fresh take a about 3mins to cook. but if the are dry u need to follow the correct guidelines, rehydrate etc....

[Warren]

pot noodles 2mins job done :wink: :wink:









failing that, noodles from fresh take a about 3mins to cook. but if the are dry u need to follow the correct guidelines, rehydrate etc....

cheers,
they are definetly fresh noodles :)

trouble is, i dont know what to serve em with, or what else to put into the stir fry,
im worried that it wont be enough

[Lissa]

You could add some thinly sliced onion and how about some mange tout.............if you can find some.

[Warren]

You could add some thinly sliced onion and how about some mange tout.............if you can find some.

cheers, thats on the shopping list :)

[hall13uk]

BLUE DRAGON, sweet chili sauce in with the stir fry or on the side :wink: or buy some pre made pulm & ginger dark sauce & stir in 8)

[Cumfy]

put a teaspoon of chopped ginger in with the chicken and a touch of soy sauce to add character to the chicken - baby corn works niceky with stir fry veg too :wink:

[Ed]

It takes ages to prepare all the ingredients for a stir fry. Ages. You'll get fed up chopping it all up. And it cooks in minutes - have the heat HIGH and keep stirring, you'll get fed up but suddenly it cooks and you have to be careful not to let it burn.

Chicken breast thinly sliced, and any veggies - red/orange peppers, red onions, courgettes, green beans, red chilli (not too much!!!!!!), garlic, broccoli all work well as long as you cut them fairly small (but not too small). As James says, use a Blue Dragon sauce as well - add when the veggies are nearly cooked, give it hell for a minute or two to heat the sauce, and serve. Make sure the plates are warming in the oven cos it goes cold so quick. Noodles stick to the wok, I wouldn't bother with them if I was you.

[Well Oiled]

Here's how I'd do it:

Cut chicken into small strips - cook first in a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil, till it browns a bit. Then sliced mushrooms, then sliced peppers (cut in half, pull out the seedy bit that hangs down from the top, slice legthways). stir fry for two minutes then add sauce and cook for just a few minutes, dont let peepers and other veg. go soggy. Mange tout or sugar snaps go really well in stir fries IMO.

Boil noodles seperately , drain and serve stir fry over noodle bed.

Job done.

[Warren]

YES !! baby corn, i didnt think of that.

ill let you know how it goes friday nite :)

[cosmiccharlie]

Good luck with the Stir fry as already been said, the preparing is a right royal pain, but a really hot pan little oil maybe a few drops of sesame oil in with the vegetable or olive oil, lots of stirring or tossing (the pan that is :lol: )

But to compound matters do you go for traditional chopsticks or knife and fork :?: poss a little sake to compliment to meal

[Jelster]

I cut the chicken into fairly small "cubes", put a teaspoon of olive oil in the wok and cook the chicken along with garlic/ginger etc.

Keep tossing/mixing it and as the meat browns add some of the sauce, this way the sauce kooks into the meat. Continue for another couple of minutes, then add the veg.

Keep everything moving in the wok for another minute or so and then add the remainder of the sauce with the noodles (I tend to use "straight to wok" noodles).

Stir for another 90 secs and then serve.

I have done this method with pork, beef, chicken and prawns. I have used a few different sauces but always come back to "black bean" sauce as it works so well.

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[donniej]

I'd add more green, maybe some asparagus or snow peas.
I cook stir fry all the time but don't do it the traditional style, here's what I do.

Cook the noodles separately, follow the instructions on the box.

Cut the veggies and chicken into the size pieces you like, I usually use fish or tofu myself. Firm or extra firm tofu that comes pre-seasoned is my favorite.
Baby portabello mushrooms are cheap and are nice whole, not cut up but that is strictly prefference.
Experiment with different seasonings, ginger is great. I use a lot of rosemary, oregano, sea salt, pepper, lemmon pepper and Old Bay Seasoning. I find these to work well and most people like them.
I like my veggies very crisp and cook them like this... wash them, cut them to size and sprinkle them with sea salt ans seasoning. With the pan hot (using medium-high heat) add about a tablespoon of oil, (sesame oil or olive oil is best) and add veggies. Cover the pan and shake/stir frequently. When then greens become a birghter shade of green then they and the other veggies are done.

For presentation put the noodles down first with the stir fry on top, top with a little ginger or parsley and sprinkly a little basil areound the edge of the plate. When doing stir fry without noodles, serving on top of a thin bed of raw spinach leaves looks nice to.

[Viney]

So many options.

Easy option. Get M&S Stirfry mix, some amoy sauce, i like sweet n sour, some dark soy, some worcester sauce.

Whack some wocester sauce, sliced up meat, and some dark soy in a freezer bag, coat all meat in juice, leave for half hour, empty contents of back into smoking hot wok, and cook. About 3-4 mins in, whack in veggies, 60 ecs later the sauce. cook for a further min, job done.

I sometimes chuck in some amoy noodles as well.

[sharriso74]

Marinade the chicken in soy sauce, honey and ginger yum!!!