Showing posts with label veggies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veggies. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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!!