Gong Hey Fat Choy! (Happy New Year in Cantonese). To celebrate the year of the snake, I created this delicious, simple, prawn chow mien dish. I started by prepping my vegetables: one red pepper, some broccoli florets and stalks (new secret), chestnut mushrooms, two cloves of garlic, and one red onion. Wash and devein your prawns, to make sure they are all lovely! Marinade the prawns in a few splashes of soy sauce and one clove of chopped garlic. I then added a few twists of red and black peppercorn, for the extra heat. Stir fry your vegetables, starting with the broccoli and pepper in hot oil (sesame if you have it) in a wok. Splash some light soy sauce on to your vegetables. After about three minutes add the rest of your veg, reserving the garlic. In a separate pan fry your prawns on a high heat evenly. Put a pan of water on to the boil. Once bubbling, drop in your noodles (you can use spaghetti or other noodles if you like). When your prawns have turned pink and plump, press them to check they are springy enough. Drain your noodles, and splash with some light soy sauce. Add the noodles and remaining garlic to the wok with the vegetables. Mix it all together. Serve your noodles in a bowl and place your prawns on top. Enjoy! (TIP- When cutting the broccoli stalks, make them in to julienne strips. They cook faster and taste brilliant!).
This is my Dad's recipe for a really tasty, simple stir fry. First of all you have to marinade chicken (or whatever meat you fancy!) in chopped garlic and soy sauce. That part is really important! It gives the meat all of the flavour. Then, you can add whatever vegetables you want with it - We normally go for mushrooms, peppers, and onions! - Mainly because they're easy, but you could go all out and get some spring onions and pak choi (that would also be nice!) My Dad doesn't tend to add chilli or ginger in this recipe, even though with garlic they are the three main ingredients to any Chinese dish (pretty much). Once you have browned off the chicken, put it aside and then stir fry the veggies. Meanwhile get a pan of water on the go for either your noddles or rice. (We often have noodles). Then once the vegetables are about cooked add the chicken back to the pan, taste as well, to see if you need any more seasoning or soy sauce. Then once the noodles have boiled for a couple of minutes, drain them off, toss them in some oil (peanut is nice) and then combine it with the other ingredients. Finish with some fresh coriander. Voila! ...Plus, I like this with some green tea. :)
