Fussy-eater friendly Chinese family dinners

Ingredients

• chicken thighs — 500g
• egg noodles — 400g
• stir-fry vegetables — 500g
• oyster sauce — 3 tbsp
• garlic — 2 cloves

Method

1. Soften noodles.
2. Stir-fry chicken then veg and garlic.
3. Toss with noodles and sauce.

Ingredients

• chicken breast — 500g
• stir-fry vegetables — 500g
• soy sauce — 3 tbsp
• garlic — 2 cloves
• ginger — 1 knob
• rice — 2 cups

Method

1. Cook rice.
2. Stir-fry chicken until golden.
3. Add veg, garlic, ginger, soy.
4. Serve over rice.

Ingredients

• egg noodles — 400g
• eggs — 3
• bacon — 150g
• stir-fry vegetables — 400g
• soy sauce — 3 tbsp

Method

1. Soften noodles.
2. Fry bacon, push aside and scramble eggs.
3. Add veg and noodles, toss with soy sauce.

Ingredients

• rice — 2 cups
• eggs — 3
• bacon — 150g
• frozen peas and corn — 1.5 cups
• soy sauce — 2 tbsp
• spring onion — 3

Method

1. Use day-old rice if possible.
2. Scramble eggs, set aside.
3. Fry bacon, add rice, veg, soy.
4. Fold through egg and spring onion.

Ingredients

• chicken breast — 500g
• peanuts — 1/3 cup
• capsicum — 1
• soy sauce — 3 tbsp
• garlic — 2 cloves
• rice — 2 cups

Method

1. Cube chicken, stir-fry until browned.
2. Add capsicum and garlic, stir-fry 2 min.
3. Add soy sauce and peanuts, toss to coat.
4. Cook rice, serve chicken over the top.

Ingredients

• steak — 600g sliced
• cornflour — 1/3 cup
• soy sauce — 1/3 cup
• brown sugar — 3 tbsp
• garlic — 2 cloves
• spring onion — 4
• rice — 2 cups

Method

1. Toss beef strips in cornflour.
2. Shallow-fry beef in batches until crisp, set aside.
3. Simmer soy sauce, sugar and garlic in the pan until syrupy.
4. Toss beef back through the sauce with spring onion.
5. Cook rice, serve beef over the top.

Ingredients

• pork mince — 500g
• iceberg lettuce — 1
• water chestnuts — 227g tin
• hoisin sauce — 3 tbsp
• spring onion — 3
• rice — 1 cup

Method

1. Fry mince, add chestnuts and hoisin.
2. Spoon into lettuce cups.
3. Rice on the side.

Ingredients

• pork shoulder — 500g cubed
• cornflour — 1/2 cup
• pineapple pieces — 225g tin
• capsicum — 1
• tomato sauce — 1/3 cup
• white vinegar — 2 tbsp
• rice — 2 cups

Method

1. Toss pork in cornflour, shallow-fry in batches until golden and cooked through.
2. Whisk pineapple juice (reserved from the tin), tomato sauce, vinegar and a little sugar for the sauce.
3. Stir-fry capsicum briefly.
4. Add sauce and pineapple pieces, simmer until glossy and thickened.
5. Toss pork through the sauce.
6. Cook rice, serve alongside.

Ingredients

• rice — 3 cups cooked
• eggs — 3
• frozen peas and corn — 1.5 cups
• carrot — 1
• soy sauce — 2 tbsp
• spring onion — 3

Method

1. Scramble eggs, set aside.
2. Stir-fry carrot and frozen veg.
3. Add rice and soy sauce, fry until heated through.
4. Fold through egg and spring onion.