Sticky Pork Noodles

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I was scrolling through recipes on Morrisons' website when I came across these Sticky Pork Noodles and couldn't miss giving them a try.

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Ingredients:

4 pork loin steaks/medallions cut into strips

350 g stir-fry vegetables

300 g noodles - you can use fresh or dried noodles

1 tbsp sesame seeds

2 limes, zest and juice

2 garlic cloves, crushed

4 tbsp hoisin sauce

In a shallow bowl, mix together the lime zest, juice, garlic and hoisin sauce. Pop the pork in and coat well, cover and set aside.

Next heat either a large frying pan or wok on a medium high heat, then add the pork with all the marinade and stir continuously for 5 minutes.

Next add the vegetables and stir-fry for 4 minutes until hot but still crunchy.

Next turn the heat down to medium, add the noodles, mix well and heat for a further 2 minutes or until the noodles are piping hot.

Remove from the pan and divide the stir-fry between 4 bowls, then sprinkle over the sesame seeds and serve immediately.

I love this dish and recipe, it's so easy and quick to cook, even Skye did a pretty good attempt at giving it a try. She's always happy when I make dishes like this because it means we get to use chopsticks, I'm actually making this again tomorrow for our tea. I love the flavours, the first time round I didn't used coriander which is optional in the original recipe, but tomorrow I'm going to give it a go with the coriander and see if it adds anymore flavour to the dish.

So if you want to cook something simple and quick after a long day at work then give Sticky Pork Noodles a try.

If you want to follow the original Morrisons recipe then head over to Morrisons: Recipes: Sticky Pork Noodles.

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Chicken & Mushroom Stir-Fry

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I'm back with another recipe from the Pinch of Nom recipe book, and another stir-fry dish, this time it's a chicken and mushroom stir-fr, which can be found as a Fakeaway in the book. You will notice that some ingredients are missing from the list as Skye isn't a fan so I didn't use them.
Let's get cooking!

Ingredients:
Low-calorie cooking spray
1 onion, sliced
2 chicken breasts (skin and visible fat removed), diced 
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 green pepper, deseeded and sliced
handful of broccoli florets
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 tsp finely chopped root ginger
6 spring onions, trimmed and chopped
handful of baby corn, roughly chopped
200 g button mushrooms, sliced
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp rice vinegar (or white wine vinegar with a little sweetener added)
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
250 ml beef stock (1 beef stock cube dissolved in 250 ml boiling water)
Cooked rice or noodles to serve

Spray a wok or large frying pan with low-calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Next add the onion, chicken, peppers, broccoli, garlic and ginger and stir fry for 3 minutes, until the onions and peppers start to soften. I didn't use peppers as Skye doesn't like them and I completely forgot about broccoli.

Next add the spring onions, baby corn and mushrooms and stir fry for a further 3 minutes, until they start to colour slightly.

Now add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar and black pepper.

Pour in the stock, stir well and turn the heat up to high. Simmer until the sauce reduces and thickens slightly.

Check that the chicken is cooked through and serve with rice or noodles.

This is definitely a dish that will be come a regular in our house, it's quick and easy to make and tastes so good. I love making dishes like this because it means we can go a little Oriental in the way I serve it, like the picture above, I like to serve the rice separate from the stir-fry as well as our choice of cutlery being chopsticks. I'm thinking in future I will be adding peppers as I think it will add more colour as well as flavour to the dish.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe book in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

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Turkey Stir-Fry

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As odd as this may sound with how often I cook, this was my first time cooking a stir-fry and especially cooking with Turkey too (excluding Christmas).

Let's get cooking!

Ingredients:
450 g turkey breast, skinned and cut into strips
200 g basmati rice
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 broccoli stalk, cut into florets
2 heads pak choi, washed and separated
1 red pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
50 ml chicken stock
Marinade:
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp honey
2 garlic cloves, crushed

Start by making your marinade for the turkey, mix together the soy sauce, hone and crushed garlic cloves in a bowl. Add the turkey strips and coat well, cover with clingfilm and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Next cook the rice in a saucepan of slightly salted water for 10-12 minutes, until tender. Drain and keep warm.

While the rice is cooking, preheat a wok over a medium-high heat, add the oil and heat for 1 minute.

Next add the turkey strips and stir-fry for 3 minutes. To check the turkey is cooked through, cut into the middle to check that there are no remaining traces of pink or red. Any juices that run out should be clear and piping hot with visible steam rising.

Once cooked remove the turkey with a slotted spoon, set aside and keep warm. Add the broccoli, pak choi and red pepper to the wok and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

Next add the stock and continue to stir-fry for a further 2 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender but still firm to the bite.

Return the turkey to the wok and cook briefly to reheat.

Serve immediately with the rice and enjoy.

This was another success with Skye, she really enjoyed it, as did I. I loved the flavours coming from the turkey from the marinade. I'd happily make this again, it's quick and simple to make and extremely delicious, it also gives me a reason to get out the chopsticks to eat with. It's perfect to have on a weeknight when you've been busy all day.

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