East Meet West Pasta

This is a delayed post... supposed to put it up on Sunday but only download the photos last night.

We have abundance of dried mushrooms (MIL brought bak from Germany where my SIL operate a Chinese restaurant) and if we do not finish them up those tiny beetles will start to invate as our fridge is over stuffed with so many things so we can't keep them in there. Since we had another round of spring cleaning last Sunday, I decided to help by cooking.

Had a bottle of pasta sauce and a packet of clourful vege spiral pasta so came out with this idea... another east meet west dish! :P

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Ingredients

• 1 pkt Pasta (I used the 3 colours vege pasta)


• 1 btl Pasta sauce (tomato with onion base)


• 1 can Button mushrooms (sliced)


• 4pcs Dried mushrooms (cubed)


• 1 stick Carrot (cubed)


• 5pcs Onions (cubed)


• 4pcs Tomatoes (cubed)


• 1 or 2pcs Green bell pepper or capsicum (cubed)


• Water (add less for thicker sauce)


• Salt for taste


• Magerine or butter to loosen cooked pasta


• Mixed herbs


• Pepper (black pepper preffered)

Marinade

• 1 whole Chicken breast meat (deboned and cut into cubes)


• 2tsp Corn flour


• 1tbls Soya sauce


• Pepper for taste

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Methods

1. Boil pasta till soft then drained, add some magerine with a sprinkle of mixed herbs and stir till all loosen, put aside.


2. In a separate saucepan, boil the cubed carrots and dried mushrooms.


3. Heat up wok or large pot with 4-5 tbls cooking oil or olive oil and sautee the onions till soft and add in the sliced button mushrooms, capsicums, dried mushrooms, all stir for around 3 minutes each in between before adding the next item.


4. Next add in the marinaded chicken cubes, stir till 70% cooked, pour in the pasta sauce, stir and add desired amount of water, stir and covered for a few minutes. (I had 2 cups or 250ml)


5. Lastly, add in the cubed tomatoes, stir and add salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle some mixed herbs.