Thursday, February 2, 2023

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Pear Still Life and a stir fry

For Rain's Art Date and Dinner Date I am showing this still life of a pear that I did years ago.
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For the Dinner Date, I am sharing my 'udon noodle stir fry with chicken and vegetables'.

 I was happy with the way this dish turned out.  I used leftover barbecue chicken pieces for this dish.  It is great with any leftover meat.

400g udon noodles (2 small packages)

leftover barbecue chicken pieces

1 carrot julienned

2 stalks celery julienned

broccoli julienned

2 cloves garlic minced

1/2 onion sliced

2-3 tbs canola oil

Sauce:

2 tbs mirin or Chinese cooking wine

2 tbs light soy sauce

1 tbs dark soy sauce

1 tbs sugar

1 tsp sesame oil


Bring water in a medium saucepan to the boil.  Add the udon noodles and loosen them with tongs for about 2-3 minutes.  Drain and set aside.

saute onion, garlic in oil

add vegetables and stir fry until soft (approx 5 mins)

add the chicken pieces then the noodles then the sauce.  Mix everything for 2 minutes.

Enjoy!

31 comments:

Angie's Recipes said...

The stirfry looks very tasty!

Iris Flavia said...

Paint Party sound good!
Hmmm, now I´d like a pear... or that dish, sounds yummy, too. I still have those Mac and Cheese out of the freezer today (and likely tomorrow...)

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Sounds like a great dish to wind down Chinese New Year. Lovely pear drawing, too, Christine.

Victor S E Moubarak said...

Great painting.

God bless.

roentare said...

You instilled a style to the still photography. It is certainly inspiring to look at it

Klaudia Zuberska said...

Great blog, very inspiring! I like the way you write, very interesting. I wish you all the best in the new year!
Greetings from Poland!

Anonymous said...

Good morning, I love your still life, and your dish looks really delicious-I miss a good stir fry we used to make those allot.

Better Left Unsaid said...

It looks so yummy💗 Love the fruit painting too!

Ivy's Closet said...

Such wonderful art! I really want to try this stirfry! Happy Thursday!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

That's a lovely pear! I like how you drew the plate and the pear's "bottom" in particular!

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely still life and an even lovelier stir-fry! Hugs, Valerie

Elkes Lebensglück said...

goodYummy and verybeautiful painting!!!!

Rostrose said...

Your 'udon noodle stir fry with chicken and vegetables' looks delicious. And I like your drawing of the pear!
ALL THE BEST, have a good February,
Traude
😘
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/02/costa-rica-4-kapitel-streifzug-durch.html

Pantherka said...

The pear looks beautiful and the food...yummy :-)

Gillena Cox said...

Your pear drawing looks ( real) yummy
Luv the noodles stir fry.
Thanks for dropping by my blog.

Much❤love

carol l mck said...

Pear is realistic ~ good enough to eat along with your stir fry ~

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Sandra Cox said...

Great job on the pear!

Teresa Isabel Silva said...

hum seams deliciouse!

Bjxxx
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Las Locuras de Ahyde said...

Hola! el cuadro te quedo muy bonito y el salteado tiene muy buena pinta, gracias por la receta. Besos

My name is Erika. said...

Your noodles look delicious, and so does that beautifully drawn pear. Hope it was a good day!

Adam said...

Nice art 🍐

J.P. Alexander said...

Linda pintura te da ganas d e la pera y de los fideos. Gracias por la receta.

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Loved the art and the recipe. Thanks, Christine!

Tanza Erlambang said...

beautiful painting ... and..
nice food... yummy

The Velvet Runway said...

It looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe
Julia x
https://www.thevelvetrunway.com/

Lowcarb team member said...

That is a very nice still life.
The stir-fry looks very tasty.

All the best Jan

Fundy Blue said...

Great job on the pear, Christine, and the stir fry looks yummy. Have a good weekend!

Lorraine said...

Beautiful still life.

Andrea @ From The Sol said...

Pears seems to be the fruit of choice this week. Your pear is well done, I have to say. And you must be a serious cook if you keep both light soy sauce and dark soy sauce in your cabinet ... my DIL is Thai and so we get some really interesting Asian food here ... mostly too hot for me to eat, but she is kind enough to hold mine out before she adds the hot spices. Your 'Udon noodle stir fry sounds delicious and something I could do, though I would have to look into the soy sauce issue :) Stay warm, Christine ...

Andrea @ From the Sol

Rain said...

The noodle dish looks really yummy! Oh I love your pear, great minds think alike! ☺☺ Very cool that you drew it from the bottom perspective!!

NatureFootstep said...

I like your pear :)