Stir Fry Spaghetti is a Delight

The food recipe for this week is stir fry spaghetti with sweet and sour chicken served with spring onions.

Ingredients for stir fry spaghetti

Carrot(6-8 pieces)

Sweet corn(110 grams)

Frankfurters (5 pieces)

A bundle of spaghetti (thin)

Green pepper (4 pieces)

Onions (1 small size)

Red bell peppers (3 pieces)

Green beans (15 pieces)

1/2 kilo of chicken (preferably with little or no bones)

Vegetable oil (1/4 cup)

Ginger (2 small pieces)

Garlic (4 small pieces)

Salt and seasoning cubes

Instructions:

1. Wash all vegetables in a bowl of water.
2. Slice the green peppers, red bell peppers, carrots thinly.
3. Cut the onions, green beans, ginger and garlic into small pieces. You can also blend the ginger and garlic.
4. Dice the frankfurters into small cubes.
5. Rinse out the sweet corn. Leave to drain.
6. In a pot, wash the chicken and season it well with ginger, garlic and other seasonings then put on fire. Remember to leave a little ginger and garlic for the stir fry itself.
7. After about 15 minutes, remove chicken from heat and shred into thin pieces.
8. Leave the stock to cool. You will need it to boil the spaghetti.
9. Heat a lightly oiled large non-stick frying pan or skillet and put the onions inside.
10. Add the remaining ginger and garlic and seasonings moderately.
11. Add your sliced peppers.
12. Then add the diced frankfurters, green beans and carrot.
13. After some minutes, take it off the pan.
14. In the same frying pan, fry the shredded chicken and add a little seasoning to taste.
15. While that is going on, take another pot, pour the stock and allow it to boil properly before putting in the spaghetti. Let it cook for just five minutes.
16. Going back to the stir fry, pour the fried vegetables into the shredded chicken and allow both of them to fry together.
17. Now you can add the sweet corn. Sweet corn should be added last because it is already soft.
18. You can add a little chicken stock for extra flavour.
19. Drain out the spaghetti.
20. Stir fry everything together.
21. Keep mixing for about three minutes.
22. Allow it to settle a bit.

Serve hot!

Ingredients for sweet and sour chicken

5 tablespoons of groundnut oil

2 eggs (lightly beaten)

3 tablespoons of corn starch

10 tablespoons of purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of garlic

1/2 teaspoon of paprika/ chili powder

1 kilo of chicken (breast fillets)

For the sauce:

1 tablespoon of sesame oil

2 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon of white vinegar or apple cider vinegar

2 honey

2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce

3 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons brown sugar

4 tablespoons soy sauce

To serve:

Chopped spring onions

Sesame seeds (optional)

Instructions:

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan until very hot.
2. While the oil is heating, place the egg in a bowl and the cornflour in another bowl.
3. Add the flour, salt, chili powder to another bowl and mix together.
4. Dip each piece of the chicken in the cornflour, then dip in the egg. Ensure all of the chicken is covered with the beaten egg and finally dip in the seasoned flour.
5. Add to the frying pan and cook on a high hear for six to seven minutes until well browned.
6. Remove from the pan and place in a bowl lined with kitchen towels.
7. Add all of the sauce ingredients to the hot frying pan, stir and bubble on a high heat till the sauce reduces by a third. This should take two to three minutes.
8. Add the chicken back in and toss in the sauce to coat. Cook for one or two minutes.
9. Turn off the heat.

Serve with chopped onions or sesame seeds.

Our Cook

Demilade Oni is a lover of people, children and good food. She is a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife. She takes delight in putting smiles on faces. You can find her on Instagram @lade.s_kitchen.