Thai Stir Fry Recipe

Funny how this is turning into a recipe blog...

Thai Stir Fried Rice Noodles with Chicken or Tofu

Ingredients:
approx. 1 c. fresh chicken pieces/strips or 1 c. cubed tofu (we've only ever used tofu in this recipe, and it is goooood)
2 tsp. cornstarch dissolved in 3 T. soy sauce (this is the marinade for the meat)
3 cloves garlic
1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, sliced thinly into matchstick pieces (so you can pick it out when you eat it- no one likes a crunchy piece of spicy ginger...well maybe some of you do)
1 c. shiitake mushrooms sliced (I loathe mushrooms so I omit these)
1 red bell pepper (I've substituted green)
2-3 c. bean sprouts
8 oz. very thin dried rice noodles (or vermicelli, rice stick, glass noodles, whatever you want to call them)
1/2 c. chicken or vegetable stock
approx. 2 1/2 T. oil for stir frying

Stir Fry Sauce:
2 T. soy sauce
1 T. fish sauce (I use oyster sauce because that's what I always have on hand)
1 tsp. sugar
1 T. lime juice (I use lemon for the same reasons as above)
1/4 c. chicken or vegetable stock
1-2 tsp. chili sauce

Soak noodles in warm water for about 10-20 min. just til "al dente." Not totally squishy because you'll cook them more when you fry them.

Marinate meat in cornstarch/soy sauce mixture and stir to coat. Marinate while noodles soak.

Combine all stir fry sauce ingredients in a cup and set aside. Drain noodles, toss with some oil and set aside. Heat a wok or large frying pan over med-high. When hot, add 2 T. oil and swirl to coat pan. Add garlic, ginger, meat (with marinade), mushrooms and a few T. of the stock. Stir fry 5 min. or until meat is cooked. If pan becomes dry, add more stock. Add pepper (I usually throw in something else green- beans, broccoli, peas, whatever we have) and more stock if necessary. Add noodles plus stir fry sauce. Use two forks or tongs to mix in noodles. Add bean sprouts last and fry for another minute.

Recipes aside, I need prayer requests for the next 3 days as Matt will be in Wichita and I will be home alone, solo-parenting 24/7! Thanks to those of you who've offered to hang out with us!

Now I'm off to buy some UTEE (thanks to my hubby's permission!). :)