Asian Veggie Noodle Bowls
Asian Veggie Noodle Bowls: Veggie-packed flavorful dinner which is really quick to throw together and so much better than takeout! Use any veggies you like.
Ingredients
- 2 carrot medium-sized
- vegetable oil
- 1 shallot
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 Red hot chili pepper small
- 2 teaspoons ginger fresh, minced
- 150 ml coconut milk or 2/3 cup
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce omit if vegetarian/vegan
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 100 grams shiitake mushroom or 3.5 oz
- green beans a handful
- spinach a handful
- 80 grams chick peas or 1/2 cup cooked
- 80 grams bamboo shoots or 1/2 cup canned
- 250 grams noodles or 9 oz of your choice
- salt
- black pepper
- lime juice a splash
- black sesame to garnish
- white sesame to garnish
- 1 tablespoon fried crispy onions optional, to serve
Instructions
- Set a wok or a large skillet at medium-high heat. Shave or chop carrots. Add a lug of vegetable oil to the wok and once it's hot, add carrots. Stir-fry for 4 minutes. Transfer to two bowls and set aside.
- Chop shallots, garlic and red chili pepper. In a saucepan heat 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil. Add shallots, garlic, chili pepper and ginger and cook for 3 minutes over medium-high heat. Add coconut milk and lower the heat. Add fish and soy sauce. Simmer for 10 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare noodles as per instruction on the package and distribute them to the bowls once they are ready.
- Set the wok back onto the stove. Heat a lug of vegetable oil and stir-fry shiitake mushrooms for 4 minutes. Transfer to the bowls and continue stir-frying green beans, then spinach and finally chick peas with bamboo shoots each for about 3 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve the bowls with a splash of lime juice sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds and fried crispy onions (optional). Enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 748
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 748kcal | 37% |
| Carbohydrates | 133g | 44% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Sodium | 1335mg | 56% |
| Potassium | 838mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 9g | 36% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 10405IU | 208% |
| Vitamin C | 39.6mg | 44% |
| Calcium | 81mg | 8% |
| Iron | 5.5mg | 31% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.