Chicken stir fry with rice noodles

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Chicken stir-fry with rice noodles (source: EFCCA)

A quick and colourful chicken stir-fry with crisp vegetables and rice noodles, tossed in a savoury sesame-soy sauce for an easy meal.

  • Yield: 4 Serves 1x

Ingredients

Scale

400 g of chicken

2 medium zucchinis

2 carrots •

1 leek (if it is well tolerated)

A handful of baby spinach

A bit of fresh ginger

2 tablespoons of sesame oil

4 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 teaspoon of brown sugar

2 teaspoons of corn starch

Rice noodles, 400 g

Instructions

Method:

  1. Add soy sauce, corn starch and brown sugar to a small bowl and whisk to combine. 
  2.  Leave it to the side. Cook rice noodles as instructed on the package. 
  3.  Dice the chicken and cut the leek, carrots and zucchinis into little sticks. 
  4.  Wash the spinach. Preheat the wok, and add sesame oil followed by leek, and shortly after, chicken. 
  5.  Add the carrots and zucchinis. 
  6.  Cook shortly, over high heat. Add the sauce that you have prepared at the beginning and stir until it thickens. Finally, add spinach into the pan, and let it wilt.
  7. Serve with rice noodles.

Notes

CCA’s recipes are not tailored to individual requirements. Please review recipes to ensure they are appropriate for you from an IBD and broader diet perspective. If you think the consumption of certain foods leads to uncomfortable digestive or other symptoms, please speak to your health care professional. Consider connecting with a specialist GutSmart Dietitian and/or Psychologist.

  • Cuisine: Asian Inspired
Quantity Per Serving (100 g)Quantity Per 100 g
Energy Kilojoules2602 kJ703 kJ
Energy Calories622 Cal168 Cal
Protein39.8 g10.8 g
Fat, Total13.5 g3.6 g
– Saturated2.2 g0.6 g
– Unsaturated8.9 g2.4 g
– Trans0.2 g0.1 g
Carbohydrate81.6 g22.1 g
– Sugars5.6 g1.5 g
Dietary Fibre5.8 g1.6 g
Sodium762 mg206 mg
Calcium71 mg19 mg
Iron4.0 mg1.1 mg
Crohn’s & Colitis Australia (CCA)
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