Quick chicken chow mein

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Ingredients

3 garlic cloves, crushed

good chunk fresh root ginger, grated

1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp tomato purée

2 chicken breasts, cut into chunky strips

3 blocks dried egg noodles

½ a head broccoli, broken into florets

3 carrots, cut into thin sticks

1 tbsp vegetable oil

300g pack beansprout

3 spring onions, halved and sliced into long strips

1 tbsp oyster sauce

Method

Mix together the garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce and tomato purée, then add the chicken and leave it to marinate while you prep the rest of the ingredients.

Boil a large pan of water, add the noodles, broccoli and carrots, then cook for 4 mins before draining.

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok, tip in the chicken and its marinade, then stir-fry for 4-5 mins until cooked. Toss in the noodles, vegetables, beansprouts and spring onion to warm through, then mix the oyster sauce with 2 tbsp water and stir this in just before serving.