Asian Inspired Food Night

FRIED RICE NOODLES

(serves 6-7)

1 pkg rice noodles/rice sticks

1/2 bunch of scallions, chopped

2 eggs

1 tbs vegetable oil

soy sauce to taste
pinch of ground coriander 

    

     Follow the instructions for softening on the package of rice noodles. (Add them to hot water and let soak 10 minutes or until soft.) Drain and set aside. Heat vegetable oil over high heat in wok or frying pan and then quickly add both eggs. Scramble for about thirty seconds, then add to noodles and mix to coat (there will be pieces of egg, you want to mix and disperse these the best you can throughout). Add chopped scallions and mix well. Sprinkle with ground coriander and add soy sauce to taste and this is ready to enjoy!

OVEN TOASTED BROCCOLI

(serves 3)

1 crown of fresh broccoli

olive oil

salt/ pepper

garlic powder

ground ginger

    

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut broccoli into medium to large pieces. Lay out on foil lined baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over each piece, then dust each of the remaining ingredients over all of them. Bake for 15-2 minutes or until the bottoms of the pieces turn brown and caramelized (Just carefully lift one up, you will easily be able to tell!) Turn off the oven when the are just about complete and you can leave them in there while you finish preparing the rest of this meal. This helps the crisp factor and also, obviously, with keeping them warm. Otherwise, be warned: they will get cold fast!

SPICY BBQ ASIAN BEEF

(serves 3)

1 lb of sirloin tip steak, cut into short thin strips

6-7 tbs soy sauce

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

4 tbs sweet and spicy bbq sauce

(We got ours locally at a festival...Support Your Community, Shop Local Small Businesses!)

6 tsp minced garlic

pepper
5-6 shakes of ground ginger

handful of fresh snow peas, ends cut off

1 fresh jalapeno, sliced then cut the slices in half

2 tbs vegetable oil

     Marinate your steak strips in a large freezer bag for 30 minutes in your refrigerator prior to frying. 

Marinade: 5 tbs of your soy sauce, the Worcestershire, the bbq sauce, 4 tsp of the garlic, a few shakes of pepper, and 3-4 shakes of ground ginger

     Heat the vegetable oil over high heat in your wok or frying pan. Add the marinated meat. Stir and allow to cook until meat turns brown in color. Add the last of your soy sauce, minced garlic, and ginger, plus a couple more shakes of pepper. Throw in the snow peas and jalapenos. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often. Plate it all as shown above and dig in!