Noodles with Chicken in Peanut Sauce from Vicki Delany

This is a recipe totally made-up by me.  I’ve always enjoyed noodles with peanut sauce and used store bought bottled sauce. Then one day, I started to cook and realized I didn’t have any of the bottles.  So I made my own. I’ve improvised it a bit and now I much prefer this one.  It’s also a lot cheaper than buying a ready-made labelled bottle of peanut sauce and has less preservatives.

This feeds one person, obviously you can multiply to your heart’s content.  On occasion I’ve not been able to get Canadian grown Bok choy, so I’ve found spinach to be an adequate substitute. Probably any heavy leafy green would work. The amount of peanut butter can be adjusted to suit your taste.

The noodles can be fresh or dried: if using dried, cook them in boiling salted water until al dente before adding to the dish.

Noodles with Chicken in Peanut Sauce

Ingredients:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

½ small onion, chopped

½ small red pepper, chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

½ chicken breast, skinless, boneless, cubed

2 or 3 small heads of Bok choy, roughly chopped

2 tbsp water

1 tbsp peanut butter

1 tsp fish sauce

1 tsp soy sauce

1 bundle (about 100 g) udon noodles, fresh or dried (if dried see note above)

Method:

Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion, pepper, and garlic and sauté until onion is transparent.  Add chicken and cook until done. Add boy choy and cook about 2 minutes, until wilted. 

Add water to the saucepan, then add peanut butter and stir until peanut butter is melted and combined, then add fish sauce and soy sauce and stir well. Add more water if it looks too thick.  Add noodles and stir to combine.

Season with salt and pepper.

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