Chow Mein

This is an excellent dish for the end of the fortnight as you can use up all your left over vegetables.  I added some celery to mine which I found languishing in the vegetable section of the fridge. Stir this occasionally so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot.

500g minced beef

1/2 cup rice

1 brown onion

2 tbspns oil

1 cup green beans top and tailed and cut into thirds

2 small carrots cut into batons or one large one

1/4 cabbage finely shredded

1 pkt chicken noodle soup

2 tspns curry powder

2 tspns garlic

2 tspns ginger

1 flat tspn chilli

2 tspns soy sauce

11/2 cups water

1. Fry onion in oil until it is transparent. Add beef mince, garlic, ginger, chilli and curry powder and cook until mince is browned.
2. Add rice and chicken noodle soup to pot. Stir. Add water and cook for five minutes.
3. Add beans and carrots to pot and cook until carrot is tender. Stirring occasionally. Add soy sauce and stir.
4. Add cabbage to pot and cook until tender.