Saturday, November 04, 2006

Ultra-quick salmon noodles in peanut chili sauce

This is one of my favorite meals at the moment. It's cheap, tasty, reasonably healthy and takes about ten minutes from start to finish. Perfect for a quick lunch or dinner on a school day.

  • One serving of noodles - I'm pretty partial to wholewheat fettuccine for texture and fiber
  • 1.5 tsp (ish) of Sambal Olek - an Indonesian chili sauce you can get from good supermarkets or Asian stores.
  • 1.5 tsp (ish) of crunchy natural peanut butter
  • 1 tsp (ish) of soy sauce
  • 1 frozen salmon fillet - available in large packs in the freezer section of the supermarket, you could also use cooked chicken, shrimp, etc.
Start the noodles boiling. After a few minutes stick the salmon on a plate, cover with some wax paper to stop greasy explosions, and microwave for three minutes. Turn it over, and microwave a minute more. Basically it just needs to not be translucent any more. When it's done flake it up with a fork and test the noodles - they should be done by now. Drain them, and mix in the salmon and the three other ingredients (soy sauce, Sambal, and peanut butter) over a warm heat.

That's it! I like to have it over the top of a plate of salad leaves.

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