Fast Chicken Noodle Stew For 1 Much Better Than Ramin

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 large boneless skinless chicken breast, from the freezer cubed to stick sized chunks (a whole one if they are small)
• 1/2 tablespoon oil, for the stir fry.
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed ginger
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon chicken base (paste) or 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon, in a cup of water or 1 cup low-sodium chicken stock or 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon roasted garlic, if you don't have it just skip the garlic altogether
• 1 teaspoon dried celery flakes or 1 stalk celery, med fine dice
• 1 teaspoon crushed dried shiitake mushroom
• 1 teaspoon dried chives
• 1 teaspoon dried green onion
• 1 teaspoon dried onion
• 1 tablespoon carrot, very fine dice (optional)
• 1/3 lb fresh udon noodles or 1/3 lb soba noodles (my favorite) or 1/2 cup dried flat egg noodles or 1/2 cup ramen noodles

Recipe

• 1 lay everything out on your board because like stirfry it goes fast.
• 2 put all the dried (or fresh substitutes: you'll want to use your own judgment here, just mix and match, or if you're using fresh, around 1/2 cup total.) in a container for fast addition.
• 3 put the splash of oil in the wok and crank up the heat.
• 4 immediately add the ginger so it doesn't scorch, and then the chicken chunks.
• 5 chow the chicken and ginger together until the chicken is no longer translucent.
• 6 add the chicken base and water or the broth/stock.
• 7 immediately add all the veggies and/or dried veggies.
• 8 if you're using dried noodles add now, or if fresh wait 3 minutes.
• 9 add the fresh noodles and simmer for another 4 or 5 minutes.
• 10 pour in a bowl and enjoy.
• 11 i learned to use the sticks in the early 50s in korea while i was a voluntary guest of uncle sam.
• 12 lately the crippled hands make it difficult.
• 13 i found a nifty gadget at my local sushi takeout place called a fun chop, it's a little flexible plastic bar thing that holds the sticks rather like an inverted print a.
• 14 it works!