PF Changs Dan Dan Noodles

This is a copy cat recipe of PF Changs Dan Dan Noodles. We made them and they were delish!


Ingredients:

***Noodles***
1 teaspoon oil
1/4 ounce green onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon chile paste
4 ounces ground chicken, cooked
1/4 ounce egg noodles, cooked
Cornstarch

***Liquid Mixture***
2 ounces soy sauce
1 ounce cooking wine
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
7 ounces chicken stock

Directions:

Heat wok or large skillet, add 1 tsp. oil and sear the chile paste, garlic and green onion for 5 seconds, using caution to avoid inhaling the direct fumes.

Add cooked ground chicken, tossing and stirring for 10 seconds. Add all the liquid ingredients and simmer for 20 seconds.

Add a "slurry," equal parts of cornstarch and water mixed together (a tsp. or two of each) to thicken the sauce. Consistency should be thick enough to stand on top of the noodles.

Pour sauce over a serving plate of hot cooked noodles. Garnish with bean sprouts and julienned cucumbers.

Garlic Pea Pod Chicken

This is a friend's recipe {thanks, Kristin!} and so so yummy. It was made for a large crowd and was quite the hit!

Ingredients:

3 chicken breast, cut bite size

1 T. oil

∏ lb. pea pods

Dash salt, pepper


Marinade {We doubled this}:

2 T. soy sauce

2 T. mirin {It is rice wine. For those skeptical of using it because of religious reasons, it has been researched and deemed okay to use. Not like other cooking wines.}

1 T. cornstarch

3 cloves garlic, crushed, minced or pressed

2 T. oil

Dash pepper



Directions:

Marinate chicken in marinade for 1 hour. Heat 1 T. oil in heavy skillet or wok. Stir-fry pea pods for a few minutes until crisp-tender. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange on a serving platter in a ring. Stir-fry chicken with marinade until chicken is cooked through. (sometimes I add a little water to the chicken while it is cooking, so the marinade is more gravy-like. Just watch it while it cooks. You can tell.) Mound within pea pod ring. Serves 4.