Posts Tagged ‘Stir-fry’

Chicken and vegetable noodle stir-fry

Here’s a recent rice noodle stir-fry with chicken and vegetables (carrot, celery, bok choy and green beans). Don’t these noodles look wormy? They were very slurpable! This was the kind of dish that left my chin and cheeks splashed with sauce! :)

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Dinner and bento – stir-fry and fried rice

Dinner For one of my dinners while Jac was away, I stir-fried chicken, baby corn, mushrooms, bok choy and green beans with lots of garlic. I would’ve loved some tofu in there as well (or maybe even tofu instead of chicken), but didn’t have time to go to the shops to buy some. Oh well, […]

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Dinner and bento – macaroni stir-fry

The dinner I cooked this dinner: a stir-fry of macaroni, chicken thigh strips, sugar snap peas, baby corn, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and garlic with oyster sauce and soy sauce. I’d marinated the chicken (three boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into strips), with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, a teaspoon of sugar, white pepper, a [&helli…

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Friday night stir-fry

For a recent dinner, Jac cooked a stir-fry of chicken and vegetable (broccoli, cabbage, green beans, onions), served with noodles. She marinated the chicken for a few hours in white pepper and cornflour, and made the sauce for the stir-fry up as she went. Her aim was to use up as many of the sauces […]

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Dinner at Sapporo

We had recently had dinner at Sapporo (186 Rutland Avenue, Carlisle). We’ve eaten at this tiny restaurant run by a little old couple (he cooks, she serves) many times now. It’s simple, homestyle delicious cooking. We ordered prawn dumplings, called “shu mai” on the menu. They came with a big blob of wasabi and a […]

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Noodles with extra broccoli

A couple of Thursdays ago, I got lunch from Noodlebox (118 Royal St, East Perth) – I designed my own noodle stir-fry. I chose thick egg noodles, chicken, fish cake, egg, tofu, bean sprouts, snow peas and broccoli, cooked in oyster sauce. After I placed my order, I was told they’d run out of tofu […]

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Monday bento – macaroni and turkey stir-fry and stuffing

Note: For those of you who asked – I’ve updated the prawn leftovers post with the recipe for the seafood cocktail sauce. Enjoy! On the Sunday night following Christmas, I made a stir-fry dish for bento: macaroni, snow peas, cherry tomatoes, champignons, onions and cubes of Christmas turkey thigh roast, flavoured with garlic and oyster […

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Quick and easy stir-fry

I threw together this quick and easy stir-fry for my dinner on Monday night as I waited for Jac to get home. Sliced cocktail frankfurts, potato, green beans, onion and garlic with oyster sauce. As I’ve doing a fair bit lately, I pre-cooked the potato using a potato microwaver before adding it to the rest […]

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Friday night takeaway dinner

Here’s a delicious takeaway dinner I enjoyed a couple of Fridays ago – chicken stir-fry with rice (AU$9.00) from Sapporo (186 Rutland Avenue, Carlisle). The sauce was absolutely drinkable. The vegetables tasted fresh and delicious. I especially enjoyed the bean sprouts, broccoli and cabbage. The chicken was tender and tasty, but honestl…

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