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I am a BIG recipe follower, I’m not some kitchen scientist who throws caution to the wind and “free-balls,” a three-tier, marbled pound cake (I don’t even know if that’s a thing). BUT this recipe is going to be EXACTLY how I made my dinner last night…

• Prep Time: 10-15 min
• Cook Time: about 15 min
• Total Time: about 30 min

Ingredients

• Chicken (I used 2 thin sliced chicken breasts, but 3 would’ve been fine too, for the noodle to chicken ratio)
• 2 of the 3 packs of Lo Mein that come in the “Asians Classics Lo Mein Noodles” (From Wegman’s, in the frozen food aisle)
• Sesame Garlic Sauce
• 6 Cloves of garlic (because I have an addiction)
• 80% of 1 Carrot (real, horse snack-sized carrot)
• 2 Handfuls of fresh green beans
• Probably like 1/2 cup of chopped scallions
• 2-3ish teaspoons of olive oil
• Salt (Or Garlic Salt, or both)
• Pepper

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Directions

• Mince your fresh garlic-Snip your bean butts-Peel the majority of your carrot-Dice your scallions
• Prep the chicken how you like it (cut off all the weird things that remind you it was once a living being that you probably would’ve thought was kind of cute)
• Put the chicken in a bowl and add small amounts of water as you massage it so the chicken absorbs the water.  Once the water has been absorbed, add about a teaspoon of oil and continue to massage the chicken until the oil has been absorbed (Idk why but some chicken making recipe told me to do that, so I do).
• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, then add about half of your minced garlic on it and massage the salt, pepper and garlic in to the chicken
• Let the chicken sit while you boil a pot of water.
• While the water boils, pour about a teaspoon of oil in to your stir-fry pan and place on the stove to begin heating.
• Once the water is boiling blanche your green beans (leave them in the pot about 1-2 minutes, then take them out with a slotted spoon, leave the water boiling)
• When the stir-fry pan is hot (almost smokey), throw in your chicken.
• Add your noodles to the boiling water, stir gently (this literally takes, like, a minute)
• When your noodles are the right amount of noodly, strain them and set them aside.
• When your chicken is cooked through, take it out of the pan, cut it in strips and add it to the noodles.
• In the (still hot) chicken pan add a small amount of oil then throw in your beans, carrots, garlic and scallions
• Stir until the garlic is browned and the veggies are tender.
• At this point I turned off the stove but left the veggies in the hot pan and added my chicken and noodles to the pan, adding my sauce by eye and mixing everything together, you can take it off the stove and put it in a bigger bowl to mix if that’s more convenient, I don’t know your life.

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XOXO-MaiaElizabeth