Chicken stir-fry or sorts.

It was one of those night where I had a variety of stuff in the fridge, none of which was really enough to make a recipe I already had. Time to MacGyver it! I loosely followed a recipe from a Canadian Eat Right: Quick & Healthy Family Meals for Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry that I really like, mostly using the sauce and technique for making the dish, but I used chicken and a lot more vegetables.

Chicken Stir-Fry

Ingredients:
3 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 Tbsp Cornstarch
1 Boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 Tbsp Hoisin Sauce
2 Tbsp Vegetable oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tbsp minced gingerroot
1/2 cup of frozen peas, thawed
1/2 cup - 2/3 cup of sliced mushrooms
large handful of spinach (can be omitted, wasn't great in the finished dish)
thinly sliced green onions
1/2 package of rice noodle.

-In a large bowl of boiling water, submerge the rice noodles. Add some more boiling water about half way through the cooking process for the stir-fry, and then ignore them.
-In a small bowl, whisk together 3/4 cup of water, oyster sauce and cornstarch. Set aside.
-Slice chicken into small 1 inch pieces and mix with hoisin sauce in bowl. Set aside.
-In frying pan, over medium high heat, heat half the vegetable oil. Cook the chicken until no longer pink inside. Remove from pan unto plate.
-Add remaining oil to pan and stir-fry mushrooms, garlic and ginger for 1 minute. Cover and then steam for 2 minutes.

-Add peas and spinach, if using, and stir. Return chicken and any juices, and add oyster sauce. Mix well and cook until slightly thickened, 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

-Drain rice noodles in a colander, and rinse in cool water so they can be handled. Ensure the noodles are soft to the touch and taste. Place in the frying pan and mix well.
-Garnish with green onions and serve!

Working away at the computer, as per usual these days.

Doesn't it look good though? The recipe in general worked out really well, but I found the spinach was a little too bitter, so I probably wouldn't use it again for this. It did make up for how much time I had to spend working on my literature survey and 3 presentations I have to give this upcoming week. All by Tuesday night. Weehee. I may be eating a fair bit of take-out and instant stuff due to lack of time for the next few days.