新年快乐Xīnnián kuàilè! Today is Chinese New Year’s Day. So, I thought of making some yummy chicken noodles. Even though I had to take some help from my mum, I enjoyed making this recipe. It was so tasty and everybody in the family loved it!

1. Cut 300g of chicken breast into small pieces.
2. In a bowl, marinate the chicken pieces with ½ tsp light soy sauce, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp sugar, pinch of white pepper powder, 1 tsp corn flour, ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda and 1 ½ Tbsp water. Cover and chill for at least 20 min.
3.  Cook 250g of egg noodles according to instructions on the packet, but reduce the time by half as they will be cooked again in the wok. Ask for the help of an adult to do this.
4. If the noodles are very long, cut them with scissors.
5. Ask an adult to finely dice 3 slices of ginger and one clove of garlic. I helped my mum to peel the garlic though.
6. Heat 2 Tbsp of oil on high heat and stir-fry half the ginger and garlic. Care must be taken here, since the ginger and garlic might splutter in the oil.
7. Add the marinated chicken to it and fry for a minute and flip the chicken every 30 seconds for next 3 minutes approximately until the chicken is golden in color.
8. Pour 60 ml of water onto the chicken and cover immediately with a lid. Simmer for 1 ½ minutes and ask an adult to transfer this chicken & sauce into a separate bowl.
9. Now, heat 1 Tbsp of oil on high heat and add the remaining ginger and garlic.
10. Add vegetables like carrots (1 small), cabbage (¼th), broccoli(½ head), bean sprouts (large handful), bamboo shoots (small handful), etc (My mum got the ready to use Chinese stir- fry vegetables from the store).
11. Stir-fry the veggies for a minute and add 60 ml of water and cover with lid. Cook for 2 minutes, until the veggies are soft, then remove the lid.
12. Reduce the flame to medium and add the chicken & sauce along with the noodles, ¾ tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp dark soy sauce.
13. Mix well so all the seasoning cover the noodles.
14. Serve hot.

Tips:

• When cooking on high heat, you should take care with the mixing.
• If the noodles seem uncooked while coating the seasoning, you can sprinkle cold water and keep tossing the noodles until they are cooked.