As you can tell from the previous post, this dinner was really a "what have I got in the cupboard" dinner. I scrounged for what was around and then cooked up something. I'm also pleased that it turned out to be very tasty (I think the seasoning might have helped).
Here's what I did ...
For the satay chicken: (note I've rounded off the quantities since I was left with bits and pieces in the fridge)
Ingredients:
- 1 jar Kan Tong peanut sauce (or any other peanut sauce will do)
- 1 green capsicum cut into bit size squares
- 1 onion cut into bite size pieces and separated
- 1 large carrot sliced in about 1.5mm pieces
- 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 4 pieces of chicken thigh cut into bite size pieces
- Peanut or olive oil for cooking
- Salt for seasoning
- Chili flakes and pepper for spice (optional)
Instructions:
- Cut up the ingredients into the appropriate size pieces
- Warm up a frying pan or wok and add oil
- When oil is slightly warm but not smoking, add garlic and cook slightly (do not brown)
- Add capsicum, carrot and onion and cook gently for 3 or 4 minutes, until cooked but still crunchy. The onion should not be translucent, if it is, you have overcooked it
- Remove vegetables from the wok
- Add a little more oil
- Put in chicken and cook thoroughly
- When chicken is cooked, add vegetables back into wok
- Pour in peanut sauce and bring to boil
- Season to taste and serve
For the spiral pasta: (I made pasta because I did not have any rice in the pantry)
Ingredients:
- A quantity of spiral pasta (whatever the amount you think you are going to eat)
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil (I used this to go with the peanut sauce rather than olive oil)
- Salt to season
Instructions:
- Boil water with some salt in it
- Put spiral pasta into boiled water for 9 minutes (that should cook it till it's al dente)
- When pasta is 2 minutes away from cooking, heat up a pan
- Put oil and garlic in pan with a little salt to season and cook gently, do not brown or burn the garlic
- When pasta is cooked, drain pasta, put into pan with garlic and oil
- Toss pasta in pan till it's covered with the oil and garlic evenly
- Serve with satay chicken
This turned out to be a very delicious meal and I have to say that surprised me considering I had just thrown it together from whatever was left in the pantry and fridge.
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