noodle bowl

Hi world!  I know I've been absent for a long time, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about the Hungry Monster.  

The other night I was chatting with a friend about things we have been cooking, and she told me she's been making "upgraded ramen" dishes a lot lately.  I had given pad thai the other day, but it was kind of a bust...  so today for lunch I thought I'd give the noodle bowl a whirl.  I just used what I had in the fridge- this was a spontaneous dish, not carefully planned out, so keep that in mind. You can use whatever you have around, too!

I used:

a serving of rice noodles

1 link of chorizo-sliced

1/3 of a bell pepper, sliced thin

a handful each of peas and snap peas(mine were fresh from my garden, but use what you have)

1 jalapeno diced

a handful of salted peanuts

chopped parsley and basil to taste

chicken broth- about a cup

a splash of fish sauce

a few dashes of soy sauce

sesame oil

salt and pepper

I had left over broth, veggies, and sausage, enough for lunch tomorrow, so if you doubled the noodles, this would be good for two!

Cook the rice noodles according to the package, scoop the noodles out and into the bowl when you finish. While they are cooking, saute the chorizo in a little sesame oil and heat up the broth with the fish sauce and soy sauce.  When the broth is heated through and simmering, pour some over your noodles and add as much meet and veggies as you would like.  

Enjoy!