Showing posts with label lunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lunch. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Easy Peasy Macaroni with Leftover Chicken in Red Sauce

Here's what I decided to make for lunch today.
I made Ayam Masak Merah* for dinner yesterday and had some leftover (3 pieces of wings and about 5 tablespoons of sauce). I looked through my pantry and found some elbow macaroni and a can of cream. In the fridge, I had some tomato paste leftover from making Ayam Masak Merah*. I always have italian Herbs in my seasoning cupboard, so I decided to make macaroni and the leftover chicken.





Macaroni with Leftover Ayam Masak Merah*

150grams macaroni
leftover Ayam Masak Merah*
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
one chicken stock cube
quarter cup of water
1 teaspoon italian herbs
quarter cup of cream
sugar to taste

Instructions:
Cook macaroni per instructions on box, al dente.
Debone and cut leftover chicken into small pieces, put back into leftover sauce.
Heat up a saucepan large enough to hold the macaroni. Pour in the leftover Ayam Masak Merah, water, chicken stock cube and italian herbs. Bring to a boil, add cream and sugar to taste and stir till well mixed.
Toss in the macaroni.
Serve warm with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.




My kids loves anything with creamy tomato sauce and they love pasta. They havent tasted this yet, but I think they'll like it, coz Izani loved it.
I'm just happy to have something to eat under 20 minutes and without having to defrost anything. tee hee :)
I think it'd be yummy with some toasted pine nuts and maybe corn niblets or chopped celery or bell peppers.

*Ayam Masak Merah literally means 'Red Chicken'. It's chicken cooked in red sauce that is made with a mixture of chilli paste and onions (I add a bit of tomato paste so that it's still red, but not too spicy for my kids). I had the recipe in efx2. Perhaps when efx2 is up you could look for it.