Leftovers Kicked Up a Notch!

Kyle and I went on a hot date at the Melting Pot the weekend before he had to leave for London, and if you've ever been there, you know that you go home with a TON of leftovers.  We had enough pieces of chicken, filet mignon, shrimp, salmon, and duck leftover to make a hearty dinner for the three of us, plus a huge lunch for Kyle to bring to work.

Best part?  It takes ten minutes, and you should have all of the ingredients ready to go in your fridge.

Ingredients:

• (1) package chow mein noodles. (Although, any kind of asian noodles are fine.)
• All of your meat/poultry/fish leftovers. (This works for ANY kind of protein.  You can even use eggs if it really blows your hair back.)
• Mixed veggies- I always have a bag of asian mix in my freezer, but any veggies will do. (enough for 4 people.)
• (3) Tb Soy sauce
• Ginger (fresh is always better, but if you don't have it, just use any kind you  have in your spice cabinet)
• Pepper
• Cayenne Pepper
• (3) Tb honey
• (2) Beef boullion cubes
• (2) Tb flour
• (1) Tb onion powder
• (1) tsp crushed garlic

Directions:

• Cook your noodles according to the package instructions, with beef boullion in the water.
• Dump all of your protein into a bowl and toss in the flour.  Make sure each bite is lightly coated in flour.
• Put the pan on medium high heat.  Pour the protein and any remaining flour into the pan.
• Ladle one ladle-full of the noodle broth into the hot pan.
• Add in the honey and soy sauce.  Add a few good shakes of pepper, cayenne (depending on how hot you like your food), and ginger (again, some like more ginger, some like less- remember that you can always add more).
• Cook for two minutes, keeping the protein moving.
• Stir in the veggies.  The sauce will cook them quickly. 
• Lower your heat to medium low heat.
• When the noodles are done cooking, rinse them well and toss them in the pan.
• Stir the noodles into the mixture.
• Cook for one minute, stir occasionally.
• Serve! 

I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!  I made it a little spicy, and was pleasantly surprised to find that my little girl loved it too!!