Dining On A $ With Chicken Breasts

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 (3 ounce) package ramen noodles (minus seasoning packet)
• 1/2 lb chicken breast, sliced into strips
• 1/4 lb carrot, julienned
• 1/2 onion, sliced into strips (large )
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 red pepper, julienned
• 1/2 green pepper, julienned
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 -3 tablespoons butter (not margarine)
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning (can use more to tastes)
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced (can use more to tastes)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 cups water

Recipe

• 1 in large skillet, melt olive oil and 2 tbsp butter on medium low heat.
• 2 add in all ingredients except chicken, carrots, and noodles and sauté til el dente, scoop out into serving dish. ( do not wash out skillet yet).
• 3 in same skillet add in additional tbsp of butter and more olive oil if needed, add chicken and cook on medium til all pink is gone. approx 4 min depending on thickness of chicken strips.
• 4 in a separate pan at the same time bring 2 c water to a rolling boil. turn down heat and add in carrots and cook for 2 min then add in noodles and cook an additional 1-2 minute.
• 5 drain any remaining liquid and toss into skillet., stir.
• 6 then take vegetable mixture from serving dish and incorporate back into skillet to reheat on med low heat. sprinkle on parmesan cheese and incorporate through.
• 7 return all to serving platter and voila.
• 8 serve with crusty bread.
• 9 options: other vegetables can be substituted or interchanged for variety such as broccoli, spinach, chard, zucchini disks, etc.
• 10 you can keep noodles separate and serve the chicken veggie mixture over top of the noodles as opposed to mixed together.