Bean (glass) noodles are a traditional product of Asian cuisine, from which all kinds of soups and hot dishes, side dishes and salads are prepared. Bean noodles go well with beef, chicken, vegetables and mushrooms.
Recently, bean noodle dishes have become very popular in our country, probably because the noodles contain valuable fiber for the body, B vitamins and various minerals, are easily digestible and easy to prepare.
Noodles with vegetables are both a filling and tasty dish. Delicious both hot and cold.
To prepare Chinese noodles with vegetables, prepare the necessary ingredients. Wash the vegetables thoroughly.
Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings. Cut sweet peppers and young zucchini into strips. You don't have to cut off the zucchini peel.
Grate the carrots using a Korean carrot grater or cut into thin strips.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the vegetables over low heat for 5-7 minutes. At the end, add the garlic passed through a press.
Pour boiling water over the noodles and leave for 5 minutes. Then drain in a colander.
Add the noodles to the vegetables, pour in the soy sauce and stir. Cook for another 3 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the pan with a lid and let stand for 10 minutes. If desired, you can add fresh herbs or sesame seeds to the finished dish.
My acquaintance with Chinese cuisine happened a long time ago when I was on a business trip in Singapore.
Of course, I forgot a lot of what was there, but the celebration of the Chinese New Year, as well as Bengali and Chinese cuisine, is quite difficult to forget.
Chinese New Year is something unforgettable! Colorful dragons, processions through the streets, trucks rushing here and there, in which a group of people with red armbands with drums and musical cymbals played incessantly.
Singapore itself amazes with its magnificent performances. This is Sentosa Island, with a bunch of attractions, attractions, including the Underwater World, the Light Fountain and terribly expensive drinks. Impeccable cleanliness, year-round temperature of +35 degrees and an absolute absence of dust and almost daily light rain! And the air, so heavy and saturated with unfamiliar aromas!
I was able to try several different cuisines there. Most of all, of course, I was struck by Bengali and Chinese cuisines. Bengal - with its CRAZY spiciness (imagine, in a small portion bowl with pieces of chicken there were THREE hot peppers! And the hottest ones!).
Chinese cuisine did not impress me at first, because... it is sold in most eateries and, like any fast food, it was very different from the “classic” one. But when we were invited to a Chinese restaurant, it was a completely different matter. First, they brought us live shrimp, which were doused with cognac (so that we could make sure that the shrimp were alive and fresh when they were later taken away for cooking). Then came a series of dishes. These were very small portions of a variety of dishes, but there were more than ten of them (it is noteworthy that liquid and non-liquid dishes alternated completely unpredictably). And when I was already full, they brought us a huge dish with crabs in an original sauce. With beer, which in Singapore is very, very good, the end of the meal was simply magnificent...
But I digress
The philosophy of Chinese cuisine is completely different from European cuisine. I won't go into details, but if you go to a restaurant somewhere in Moscow or your city and order top dishes, you will never get an idea about their food. It is a large number of dishes in small portions, a menu compiled in a certain way according to the canons of Chinese cuisine, that provides balanced nutrition, great pleasure from food and is also therapeutic.
However, I want to present you with one dish that is prepared very simply and very quickly - literally 20 minutes, but the result is simply magnificent and if you suddenly have guests, you will greet them with honor
So, Chinese chicken noodles - in 20 minutes
Of course, this is not quite a classic recipe. I saw this recipe in one of the programs, but changed it a little to my taste. I didn't add sugar because... For me, the sweetness of the pepper is enough and I added wine vinegar, although it is better to add Chinese wine. In addition, ingredients like ginger and hot pepper appear differently in different recipes. Usually hot peppers are taken dried.
Ingredients
| chicken breasts | 2 pcs |
|---|---|
| Bell pepper | 1 PC |
| onions (preferably white - with white skin) | 1 small head |
| 5 spice mixture | 1 tsp |
| ginger (preferably fresh, cut into strips) | 1 tsp |
| garlic | 2 cloves |
| hot pepper (I just have a small one) | 2 centimeters |
| starch | 1 tsp |
| vinegar | 2 tsp |
| soy sauce | 2 tsp |
| coarse non-iodized salt | 1 tsp no slide |
| noodles (I used Japanese udon) | 2 servings |
| turmeric for noodles (optional) | 1 pinch |
One of the most common dishes of Chinese cuisine, which is popular in many countries, is noodles with various fillings. On supermarket shelves you can see it with all kinds of sauces and additives.
The best combinations with Chinese noodles are vegetable dressing, beef, chicken, pork, as well as seasonings such as garlic, black allspice and ginger. Noodles with chicken and vegetables, the recipe for which can become a signature recipe for any housewife, is an ideal option for a complete lunch.
Boxed noodles are a quick and tasty lunch for a modern city dweller or just a lover of Chinese cuisine. However, a rich, spicy taste and aroma can be achieved by preparing this dish at home. You can buy ready-made noodles: egg, rice, wheat or some other, but there is a proven way to prepare it yourself. You don't need to have any special skills for this. The noodles are boiled similarly to traditional pasta.
Step-by-step video recipe
- Soak the noodles for a maximum of half an hour in warm or hot water. The time depends on what type of flour the product is made from. Typically this information is indicated on the packaging.
- Boil water, add a little salt and add the prepared noodles.
- The average heat treatment time is 7 minutes. If the product is made from rice flour, then the cooking time is reduced by 2 times.
- Drain in a colander.
Even a novice cook can handle the cooking process; all that remains is to choose a recipe that will make the noodles a favorite dish for the whole family.
With mushrooms and Chinese cabbage
The recipe for this dish will be appreciated by lovers of Chinese cuisine.
In the process of preparing 2 servings, you will need the following ingredients:
- Green onions;
- Chicken fillet – 250 g;
- Uncandied flower honey – about 20 g;
- Classic soy sauce – 100 ml;
- Sesame oil – 20 g;
- 3 small carrots;
- Vegetable oil;
- Mushrooms (you can take any) – 120 g;
- Potato starch – 20 g;
- Beijing cabbage – 100 g;
- 15 g fresh minced ginger.
Chinese noodles with chicken and vegetables according to this recipe are prepared as follows:
- Cut peeled fresh carrots into strips.
- Pour soy sauce over it (take about 60 ml).
- Cut the selected mushrooms into several pieces.
- Fry the carrots and sauce with butter until golden brown.
- Roll the chicken, divided into pieces, in potato starch and add to the carrots in the frying pan. If there is not enough oil, add a little more.
- Add chopped mushrooms and shredded cabbage to the meat mixture. Fry briefly.
- Pour the remaining amount of sauce over everything, add ginger powder and finely chopped onion. The finishing touch is honey and sesame oil.
- Stir, let stand for a while over low heat. Mix with boiled noodles.
The result is tender Chinese noodles with a wonderful sweet and sour sauce. If desired, honey can be removed from the recipe. It is recommended to arrange the dish by sprinkling it with toasted sesame seeds.
Original chicken and vegetable noodles udon
To prepare the popular udon noodles for a family dinner with chicken and fresh vegetables, you need to have the following on hand:
- Bell pepper of any color - 1 large;
- Vegetable oil;
- Chicken (loin) – 150 g;
- Udon from the package - about 150 g;
- Any favorite mushrooms – 50 g;
- 1 large carrot;
- Soy sauce – 40 ml (more if desired);
- One small zucchini;
- Beijing cabbage – 50 g;
- Onions – 1 pc., if you like the taste;
- Potato starch – 3 tbsp. l.;
- Garlic cloves – 2 pcs.
The cooking process includes the following steps:
- Boil the udon noodles.
- Cut the meat into thin bars.
- Roll in the specified amount of starch and fry until done with the addition of oil.
- Chop vegetables into strips: onion, Chinese cabbage, carrots, sweet pepper and zucchini.
- Cubes – pure mushrooms. You can take not only Chinese mushrooms, but also ordinary champignons.
- Mix prepared vegetables with chicken - everything except Chinese cabbage. After everything is fried, she too is poured in.
- Squeeze the garlic and pour the sauce over everything.
- Add udon to chicken-vegetable mixture.
- After a few minutes, remove the pan from the heat.
It is worth noting that the recipe does not include salt, since the sauce adds the desired flavor. If desired, the sauce can be replaced with Chinese Teriyaki, and at the end the aromatic dish is sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Rice noodle recipe
Noodles with chicken and vegetables in Chinese style is a dish that you can surprise guests with or please yourself during the working day. Many people prefer to cook Chinese rice noodles; their distinctive features are their long length, which symbolizes longevity, and their unusual color (from translucent to rich white).
Before preparing the main components of the dish, if you choose a recipe with vegetables and chicken, you need to properly cook the noodles. If you fry in a wok or thick-walled frying pan, the noodles take longer to process than for Chinese soups. You need to soak it for more than 5 minutes, and quickly fry it before mixing with the rest of the ingredients.
The list of what you need to have on hand to prepare a Chinese dish according to this recipe is as follows:
- Olive oil;
- Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp;
- 2 carrots;
- Black allspice;
- Optional - a head of lettuce onion;
- Several sweet peppers;
- Nudels noodles;
- White cabbage – 300 g;
- Soy sauce;
- Breast or fillet – about 300 g;
- Small squash or zucchini.
A dish with tender fried chicken and vegetables in Chinese can be prepared following the instructions:
- Cut all the vegetables on the list into small cubes. To prevent the zucchini from losing its shape during heat treatment, it must be cut into rings of small thickness.
- Fry each prepared vegetable in turn until soft. Add olive oil to the pan.
- With the chicken you need to do the following: cut into pieces no more than 1 cm thick. Transfer to a deep cup, add a few tablespoons of oil and the same amount of soy sauce. Leave for 20 minutes to soak.
- Fry the marinated meat in a frying pan without oil until the crust becomes noticeable.
- Sprinkle with sugar and allspice.
- Place the vegetables from the frying pan and the chicken into one deep container.
- Quickly fry the noodles with a little salt.
- Mix all the prepared parts - “noodles + fried vegetables + golden-brown chicken.”
Helpful advice: before soaking rice noodles, it is not recommended to cut them into pieces or break them. It is best to serve the finished dish hot, and the method of consumption - with chopsticks or a fork - is chosen at your discretion.
Wok noodles with chicken and vegetables, the recipe for which we will describe, is very simple to prepare. All ingredients included in this dish are fried in a special cone-shaped frying pan. It is also called “wok”. Its peculiarity is that the products not only acquire a ruddy color faster, but also taste different from frying in a regular frying pan.
Chinese wok noodles are gaining popularity all over the world every day. It is as famous and loved as pizza and lasagna.
For this dish you can use any noodles:
- the usual spaghetti for everyone.
Cooked wok noodles at home are much healthier and more nutritious than those purchased at ready-to-eat food outlets. In our article we will look at several good options.
First recipe
— chicken breast - 350 grams;
— carrots - 150 grams;
— bell pepper - 150 grams;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- onion - 150 grams;
— hot pepper - 1 piece;
- broccoli - 250 grams;
— wok sauce - 150 milliliters;
— vegetable oil - 50 milliliters;
— buckwheat noodles - 350 grams;
- dark sesame oil.
Preparation
- How to prepare wok noodles with chicken and vegetables, the recipe for which will be discussed below? First of all, you need to prepare all products for use. The chicken and vegetables are washed well and dried on a paper towel.
- First, the carrots are cut into cubes, then the onions are cut into half rings, bell peppers and chicken are cut into strips.
- If you use frozen broccoli, then after defrosting it, it should be divided into inflorescences. But when it is fresh, you need to first dip it in boiling, slightly salted water for a couple of minutes.
- Thoroughly peel the chili pepper and garlic and chop it as finely as possible.
- Any vegetable oil is poured into a special frying pan, the main thing is that it is odorless. When it warms up, add garlic and hot peppers so that they fry a little.
- At this time, pour water into a separate pan, throw in the noodles, and place on the stove. Having done this, chicken and carrots are laid out in the frying pan. Over high heat, stirring constantly, they should fry until lightly browned.
- After this, broccoli, bell pepper and onion are added. Everything is mixed well and fried for 8 minutes.
- During this time the noodles should be cooked. It drains into a colander and goes into the frying pan. Immediately more wok sauce is added. All components are thoroughly mixed and heated for several minutes.
- At the end of cooking, the contents of the pan are seasoned with sesame oil. You shouldn't add a lot of it. Afterwards, the pan with the finished dish can be removed from the hot surface.
- Wok noodles with chicken and vegetables served with chopped green onions. It is sprinkled with cilantro on top.
Second recipe
What can be the filling for wok noodles? Very different. For example, with vegetables and mushrooms. For preparation you will need:
- medium-sized zucchini;
- garlic (two cloves);
— rice noodles (100 grams);
- one onion;
- hot pepper - a small pod;
— champignons - 5 mushrooms;
- Chinese cabbage - 5-6 leaves;
- soy sauce - a couple of tablespoons;
- sesame oil - a tablespoon;
- granulated sugar - a teaspoon;
- small ginger root;
- cilantro - 1 bunch.
How to cook wok noodles at home?
- First, vegetables are washed and peeled.
- The noodles are placed in boiling water. Then, as soon as the lid on the pan begins to vibrate, it should be removed from the hot surface.
- Before adding sesame oil to a heated wok, turn the heat to medium. Then you should immediately put chopped garlic cloves there, as well as diced onion. Stirring constantly, fry for no more than half a minute.
- Then mushrooms and zucchini are added, cut into slices of approximately the same size. They fry for about two minutes.
- Then finely chopped Chinese cabbage leaves, hot pepper and ginger root are added. Keep in the pan for another two minutes.
- The noodles are strained and placed in a frying pan along with granulated sugar and soy sauce.
- After half a minute, chopped greens are added. Everything is thoroughly mixed and the pan is removed from the hot surface.
- Cover the finished dish with a lid and leave for a few minutes.
- Chinese noodles with vegetables and mushrooms are placed into bowls. Just before serving, sprinkle with peanuts, which must first be fried.
Wok noodles with chicken and vegetables. Recipe with peanuts and mushrooms
To prepare you will need:
— 200 grams of egg noodles;
- one chicken breast (finely chopped);
- 30 grams of coarsely chopped peanuts;
- 30 milliliters of sesame or peanut oil;
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced;
- about three centimeters of finely chopped ginger root;
- one chopped hot pepper;
- three leeks (take only the white part, cut into strips);
- a large carrot, also cut into strips;
— 70 grams of champignons;
- 100 grams of green peas (you can use both fresh and frozen);
- 200 grams of Chinese cabbage, roughly shredded.
To prepare the sauce you will need:
- 80 milliliters of chicken or vegetable broth;
- 3 tablespoons of soy sauce;
- a teaspoon of honey.
Cooking
- The noodles are placed in a separate container and poured with boiling water. After a few minutes, when it becomes soft, you need to strain and rinse with cold water.
- Fry peanuts in a separate frying pan.
- It is advisable to place cooked vegetables and meat at a close distance from the stove.
- Pour oil into a very hot wok pan and immediately add the chicken. Stirring constantly, fry until the ingredient turns brown. After this, place it on a separate plate.
- Instead of meat, put chopped hot pepper, garlic and ginger root. Fry for approximately 30 seconds.
- Then peas and carrots are added. Let stand until the latter becomes a little soft.
- Then add the onion, which cooks for about a minute.
- After this, mushrooms are added and kept until they release their juice. The contents of the pan must be stirred all the time.
- Then you can add Chinese cabbage and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
- Then the sauce is made in a separate bowl - the components specified in the recipe are combined and mixed.
- Place noodles and chicken in a frying pan with vegetables and sauce.
- The ingredients are thoroughly mixed and fried for 2 minutes.
- Peanuts are added last. Once again everything is mixed. Then you can serve it to the table. This is how easy it is to prepare wok noodles with chicken and vegetables; we have described the recipe in detail.
Do you like oriental cuisine? Then you've probably tried Chinese noodles at least once. Recently, it has become increasingly popular among our housewives, serving as the basis for many “overseas” dishes. Today we have Chinese noodles with chicken and vegetables for dinner. Expanding our culinary horizons and learning new recipes.
Let's learn the intricacies of Chinese cuisine
There are sure to be boxed Chinese noodles on the shelves of every supermarket. The recipe for its preparation is usually given on the packaging. But we won’t be lazy and, just in case, we’ll consider this process step by step.
In fact, there are no special secrets in boiling Chinese noodles, and the method of heat treatment is practically no different from preparing pasta that is familiar to us. So, the whole culinary process looks like this:
- Soak the noodles for 15-30 minutes in hot water. The time depends on the variety and is usually indicated on the packaging.
- Boil water in a saucepan, add salt and place noodles in it.
- Cook the noodles according to the instructions. This usually takes up to 10 minutes. Rice noodles are cooked for 2-3 minutes.
- Place the noodles in a colander.
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Absolutely any vegetables can be combined with Chinese noodles, but among seasonings it is better to give preference to ginger, ground black pepper and garlic.
Udon is a noodle of Chinese origin that became popular in Japan in the 19th century and subsequently spread throughout the world. These noodles are easy to prepare; we just need to boil them in a well-known way. In combination with the most tender chicken meat and vegetables, udon becomes a real gourmet delight. Attention: the amount of ingredients given in the recipe is for one serving.
Compound:
- 100 g chicken fillet;
- 2 tbsp. l. starch;
- 30 g Chinese cabbage;
- 40 g mushrooms;
- 30 g carrots;
- 30 g onion;
- 30 g zucchini;
- 30 g bell pepper;
- 100 g udon noodles;
- 1-2 garlic cloves;
- vegetable oil;
- 30 ml soy sauce.
Preparation:
- Pre-boil the noodles.
- Wash the chicken fillet, dry it and cut it into thin oblong cubes.
- Roll the meat in starch and fry in vegetable oil until cooked.
- Peel carrots, zucchini, onions and peppers, rinse and cut into beautiful strips.
- We also chop the cabbage into strips.
- When the chicken is ready, add the vegetables to the pan and stir. Don't add cabbage yet.
- Fry everything together until all the ingredients are ready, and then add the Chinese cabbage.
- Now season the meat and vegetables with soy sauce and squeeze out the garlic cloves. Stir and place the udon in the pan.
- Mix everything again and after 2 minutes remove the pan from the stove. We got such a bright, aromatic and incredibly tasty dish.
Attention: there is no need to add salt to the dish, as soy sauce will provide enough salt. If desired, you can sprinkle it with sesame seeds at the end of the cooking process. A little secret: this recipe can be slightly modified and cooked noodles with chicken and vegetables in Teriyaki sauce. Just replace soy sauce with it.
Thai noodles for lovers of spicy dishes
And this oriental dish is prepared in literally a matter of minutes. Stock up on frozen green beans and Chinese noodles in advance, and you can always find all the other ingredients in the refrigerator.
Compound:
- 250 g Chinese noodles;
- carrot;
- 2-3 garlic cloves;
- bell pepper;
- 250 g chicken meat;
- 150 g green beans;
- 3-4 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
- olive oil;
- oriental spices.
Preparation:
- Boil Chinese noodles.
- We wash the chicken meat and cut it into thin strips.
- We clean the carrots and remove the stem from the pepper. Wash the vegetables and chop into strips.
- Boil the noodles according to the instructions on the package.
- Fry the chicken meat in olive oil, add chopped garlic cloves to the pan. Tip: first fry the fillet over high heat until it is covered with an appetizing crust, and then reduce the burner level.
- Fry the chicken for about five minutes and put the prepared vegetables in the pan.
- Increase the burner level, mix everything and fry until the meat and vegetables are cooked.
- Add the noodles to the rest of the ingredients, add soy sauce and spices, stir and after a minute remove the pan from the stove.
- Serve the dish according to Eastern traditions with chopsticks.
Noodles with chicken in Teriyaki sauce
Let's prepare noodles with chicken and vegetables in Teriyaki sauce. This dish has a rich color and taste. And the green onion will give it an incredible aroma.
Compound:
- 150 g chicken fillet;
- 200 g Chinese noodles;
- carrot;
- small zucchini;
- bell pepper;
- green onion feathers;
- sesame seeds to taste;
- 3-4 tbsp. l. Teriyaki sauce;
- olive oil;
- salt and spices.
Preparation:
- Let's prepare the products we need so that everything is at hand. Wash the vegetables and fillets and dry them.
- Cut the chicken into small cubes.
- We chop the green onion feathers into rings, and clean the remaining vegetables and cut them into cubes. To make the dish not only tasty, but also beautiful, try to cut the vegetables into equal pieces.
- Boil Chinese noodles in slightly salted water.
- Fry the chicken fillet in olive oil (you can use any other oil) for a few minutes.
- Then add vegetables to the meat and fry everything together for seven to eight minutes. Don't forget to mix.
- Now put the noodles in the pan, add Teriyaki, salt, spices and sesame seeds. Stir and simmer on the middle burner level all together for 2-3 minutes.
- Sprinkle the finished dish with green onions.
