Chicken Chop Suey

Taste & Create is a monthly event where blogger are paired with each other and have to create one of their recipes. It was time for me to explore new blog for a different taste.....

NO REASON NEEDED is my partner for this month's event. I short-listed few recipes below:

Lime Chiffon Dessert
Chicken Chop Suey
Sweet n Sour Pork
Spaghetti Sauce

I don't like elaborate cooking and found the above easy and quick to cook.
Well they are a good handful pick and confused as always....I asked my husband to pick one for dinner..and the result: Chicken Chop Suey...

The selection was spot on and it turned out to be an absolutely satisfying meal. The flavor was just perfect and very different in comparison to spring onions and garlic that are most commonly used in Indian-Chinese cuisine....


4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)
1¼ cups chicken broth
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp. corn syrup (I used honey)
½ tsp. ginger
1 Tbsp. cooking oil
2 cups sliced celery
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cups fresh bean sprouts
I added an additional cup of green pepper

Rinse chicken; pat dry. Cut into ½-inch pieces. For sauce, stir together the broth, cornstarch, soy sauce, molasses, and ginger; set aside.
Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. (Add more oil as necessary during cooking.) Stir-fry the celery and onion in hot oil for 2 minutes. Add fresh bean sprouts, if using, and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes more or till celery and onion are crisp-tender. Remove vegetables from wok or skillet.
Add half the chicken to the hot wok. Stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes or till no longer pink. Remove chicken from wok. Repeat with remaining chicken. Return all chicken and cooked vegetables to the wok; push from the center of the wok. Stir sauce; add to the center of wok. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Add canned bean sprouts, if using. Stir to coat with sauce. Cook and stir about 1 minute more or till heated through.
Serve immediately over noodles or steamed rice.

A must try and will surely make it again. Hope you're having a great weekend.

Macaroni with sausage n peas

This works great with kids and it's easy to prepare after a hard day's work, when you don't like to spend too much time in the kitchen.If you don't like sausages, you can use boneless chicken and for veggies you can add mushroom, broccoli or even corn.This is a basic macroni and you are at an advantage to add whatever you like.So go ahead and show off your culinary skills :)







For Macaroni
250gms macaroni
200gms sausages
200gms peas
4 tps garlic
olive oil
chilli flakes (optional)
pepper
basil fresh or dried (I used dried basil)
salt to taste


For white sauce
1 tbs butter
1tps flour
1.5 cup milk
cheese (as per your taste)


Cook and drain macaroni and keep it aside.You can cut the sausages as per your desired size. Heat some olive oil in a pan and saute garlic, sausages and peas. Season them with salt (be careful with salt as sausages already have salt in them),pepper,basil and chilli flakes. Once done,mix macroni and keep aside.

Heat butter in a pan and add flour. Pour milk and take care that there are no lumps found (If there are any lumps, take the pan off the stove and mix the mixture briskly until you get a smooth flow). Add some cheese to the boiling sauce and allow it to melt. Viola your sauce is ready.

Mix all the ingredients and serve hot.