Sesame Chicken with Noodles

by DanicasDaily on May 6, 2009

My Sushi Mambo lunch completely rocked and kept me full until dinner – yeah for calories saved! Dinner tonight was a pretty tasty recipe from the 30 day Jump Start Book ~ Sesame Chicken with Noodles. I couldn’t find the recipe online (but it’s in the Jump Start Book) so I will show you the recipe through pictures with the changes I made!

Prep 4 oz of your favorite Multi Grain Pasta. I used Ronzoni Healthy Harvest tonight ~ it wasn’t bad, but, I have to say I still prefer the Barilla Plus more!

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You want to make sure that you cook it a little “firm” – maybe about 8 minutes as it will cook a bit more at the end of the recipe.

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As your pasta cooks, chop up all your veggies (red & yellow peppers, cabbage, onion) and saute them in about 2 tsp canola oil over medium high heat for about 8 minutes or until soft.

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Remove your veggies, combine them with the pasta and set them aside.

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Heat up 1 Tbsp of sesame oil and add your aromatics (garlic, ginger, green onions, cilantro) with 3 Tbsp chicken broth. Cook for about 1 minute.

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Add in your 12 oz of thinly sliced chicken breast, 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce & 1 Tbsp Hoisin Sauce and cook about 3-5 minutes or until your chicken is almost done.

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Add back in your veggie/noodle mixture with 1/2 c chicken broth and cook for 3 minutes.

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Remove from heat & top with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

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You get 1/4 of the entire recipe for 280 cal, 24 g protein, 32 g carbs, 5 g sugars, 8 g fat, 2 g sat fat, 45 mg cholesterol, 6 g fiber, 420 mg sodium

I LOVE spicy asian food if you haven’t noticed so I made sure I drizzled some Srirachi Hot Sauce on top of my sesame chicken noodles and served it up with 8 oz fat free milk & a super sweet and juicy organic pear.

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I am off to fit in my Biggest Loser Jump Start Strength Workout as I finish the show – it is such an awesome motivator!!! Here is the lowdown on today’s workout (so glad there is no cardio – yahoo!)

3 sets of 12-15 reps each:

* Squats
* Rear Lunges
* Side Lunges (each side)
* Romanian Deadlift
* Plie Squat
* Static Stretching: Hip Flexor, Hamstring, Hip & Glute Stretch, Inner-Thigh Stretch

By the way, just in case you didn’t see it yet, be sure to check out my Annie’s Mac & Cheese Giveaway ~ you definitely do not want to miss out on your chance to win 1 of the 4 fabulous Mac Packs!!! Good luck ~ you have until Thursday night to enter!
Have a fabulous night all I can’t wait to see who the final 3 Biggest Losers will be ~ Go Green!!!!

{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

kitchenpanda May 6, 2009 at 4:38 am

OH got to love Chinese food that is yummy AND easy!! I made lo mein tonight but totally messed it up! I wanted to use up my edamame, but didn’t realize they were still in the pod until they were dumped in the pan with the raw chicken. I looked like an idiot eating my lo mein with my hands to extract the edamame from the pods. :)

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janetha May 6, 2009 at 5:42 am

i looove cock sauce! (sriracha) yum! that dish looks yummy and i love the stats, so much protein :)

looks like a good workout too!

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felishdadish May 6, 2009 at 2:11 pm

That looks really delicious– and I am right with you on the sriracha! I’ll have to try that recipe next time I stock up with groceries.

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Kelly May 6, 2009 at 3:03 pm

I love Asian noodle dishes, and this one looks really hearty and filling, as well as yummy! I also love things spicy and I use not only the Srirachi but hot chili oil. Yum!

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Danica's Daily May 6, 2009 at 3:58 pm

Kitchen Panda ~ I bet you were too rushed or tired and didn’t realize the edamame had the pods on :) LOL. I bet it still tasted good though – pods and all.

Janetha ~ I have never heard it refered to as that – you must tell how you came up with that name! :D

Felish ~ I think everything tastes better spicy – a good metabolism rev up maybe :) LOL. I can’t wait to hear what you think when you try it.

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Danica's Daily May 6, 2009 at 3:58 pm

Kitchen Panda ~ I bet you were too rushed or tired and didn’t realize the edamame had the pods on :) LOL. I bet it still tasted good though – pods and all.

Janetha ~ I have never heard it refered to as that – you must tell how you came up with that name! :D

Felish ~ I think everything tastes better spicy – a good metabolism rev up maybe :) LOL. I can’t wait to hear what you think when you try it.

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Danica's Daily May 6, 2009 at 3:59 pm

Kelly ~ Yum – hot chili oil would be fabulous to use in this recipe maybe instead of the canola oil – great idea! The multi-grain pasta definitley makes it filling.

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Danica's Daily May 6, 2009 at 3:59 pm

Kelly ~ Yum – hot chili oil would be fabulous to use in this recipe maybe instead of the canola oil – great idea! The multi-grain pasta definitley makes it filling.

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