Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Brunch Recipe: Asian Noodles with Grilled Shrimp


Hi hi,
well i've been doing alot less wow and more other things like catching up to anime, explore new anime, work on my artwork skills, learn new software and make yummy brunches. I admit it's still rare that I would go all out creative with lunch so today's an exception. I used a lot of subsitutions so it was actually surprising that it turned out so good.

Issues: recipe called for lime I only had lemon so used it and forgot how much bigger my lemon was to a lime so sauce was a bit sour. I offset the sour peanut sauce with 1.5 tablespoon of sugar :)

Today's "Brunch" was Noodles with grilled shrimp, garnished with celery bits, carrot shreds and peanut sauce. I came up with this idea while staring at the fridge for what to eat .. either something fast and boring or something fast exotic and tasty. I was limited as to what i had in my fridge there's no way i'm going food shopping just to make brunch so at worst i'll eat oatmeal to keep my stomach quiet.

RECIPE: Noodles with grilled shrimp, garnished with celery bits, carrot shreds and peanut sauce. (prep time 10-15 mins)

1/2 pack of *Instant noodles
1/2 stick of carrots shredded (used potato peeler)
1/3 stick of celery cut in very thin slices
1 thin slice of onion (coulda skipped)
5 pieces of shrimp grilled and sliced in 1/2 (can sub in any meat)

Cook noodles only until "Al Dente" - firm to the bite. Drain put in your bowl. *shrimp: wash, peel, devein, grill until just cooked. Then add all the other ingredients on top and lastly spoon some peanut sauce & soy sauce on top of it. put as much or little as you wish. Noodles you can use 1 full pack or more depending on how much you can eat. Anything past 1 pack you need to up the ingredients. which is fast.. becareful not to overcook that's what ruins the flavor and texture

RECIPE: Peanut Sauce (from http://www.chow.com)
* 1/2 cup natural-style creamy peanut butter
* 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
* 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 small garlic clove, mashed to a paste
* 1 teaspoon chile-garlic paste
* 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
* Juice of 1 lime
* 1/4 cup water

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