The past week has been a blur of activity. We're back at work. The Husband and I have been getting up at 4 a.m. to go to the gym - It's nice to know it's done but I've been draaaaaaaagging by the end of the day. I've been cooking quick and easy.
I took out chicken on Tuesday thinking I'd come home from the first day of school and cook something fabulous and worthy of the epicness I was sure the day would be.
Who was I kidding???? I made Mac n Cheese. My Mac n Cheese IS epic but it is also fast and easy! I poached the chicken for something later in the week. When I came home yesterday, I was equally exhausted and needed something fast and easy. I saw a recipe for Dragon Noodles recently and it looked amazing. I immediately wrote my own recipe for it and decided the chicken would be perfect with it!
2 packages wide noodles (or any type of noodle you prefer)
2 poached chicken breasts <=== you could skip this and use another protein or even tofu - OH YUM!
1 small head broccoli
1 stalk celery
1/4 cup matchstick carrots (or chopped carrots)
2 teaspoons butter
2 teaspoons canola oil
2 teaspoons Gator Hammock Sauce (or whichever hot sauce you like)
Sauce - Make 2 batches of the sauce - One for the recipe and the second to drizzle over the noodles as you eat
2 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce)
2 tablespoons brown sugar (I use Splenda brown sugar blend)
2 tablespoons hot sauce (sriracha or garlic chile sauce would be awesome here as well)
Cook the noodles according to package directions.
While the noodles are cooking, melt the butter in a pan. Add the oil. Add the hot sauce. It smells so crazy good! Shred the chicken and add it to the pan. Stir in the veggies and cook until tender-crisp.
Mix the sauce ingredients together. You're going to want to make extra. We fought over the sauce. Elbows flying kinda fighting. It's that good. It really is. I wouldn't lie about food.
Drain the noodles. Toss 'em back in the pot. Add the the chicken and veggies. Pour the sauce over the top. Mix well. Put in a bowl and top with chopped cilantro and green onions. Chopped peanuts would be so good on this but I'm allergic to them. Insert sad face here. I love this dish! The noodles are wide enough to tame the heat of the sauce. I really didn't think it was that hot but I loooooooooove spicy food. If you're not a fan of heat, cut the hot sauce in half or more to suit your own taste.
You can see the chaos that was my kitchen in the background. I ignored it and sat down to eat - I'll make more sauce next time so I won't have to get up to make more. I was really shocked that there were any leftovers. The Husband and I shared them today at lunch. I wanted to lick my plate but there were kids and other teachers right outside the window to my classroom. I didn't want to scare them. It's only the first week after all. Wait until late October.
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