Spicy Egg Noodles with Vegetables

Spicy Egg Noodles with Vegetables
Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges Cookbook (sorry, no link to this one)
4.5 stars

Great Asian dish when you're trying to eat healthy!  Loved it!

Vegetable Sauce Ingredients:  garlic, lemongrass, green Thai chile, soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, a neutral oil

Main Spicy Egg Noodles Ingredients:  egg noodles, broccoli stems, asparagus, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, orange bell pepper, carrots, Guilin chili sauce, hoisin, sesame seeds, neutral oil, garlic, garlic chives, red pepper flakes

Tips

• Did not do step 5 in the recipe (basically frying 1/2 cup of garlic) to top the dish
• Replaced asparagus with tofu
• Used broccoli florets instead of broccoli stems
• Used regular chives instead of garlic chives
• Used serrano pepper instead of green Thai chile

Recipe: Shanghai Noodles with Golden Garlic and Soft Tofu

Shanghai Noodles with Golden Garlic and Soft Tofu
Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges (cookbook), p.235
5 stars

After being so impressed with Jean-Georges' restaurant in Deer Valley, I checked out his cookbook from the library to test out some recipes.  (This was my first time borrowing a cookbook from the library which is such a great idea!  Got the idea from reading a review on Amazon.com.  I hate buying cookbooks only to test out recipes and be disappointed.)

So. . .  we didn't make this exactly per the recipe.  Changed it up a bit, but it turned out delicious!  With all the changes we made to the recipe, I should make this as-is next time.

HUGE learning for me:  Steeping the mint and basil and adding chicken broth to it made an incredibly flavorful base.

Changes we made to the recipe:

• Sauteed some ground beef with onion and garlic and added it when mixing the final dish.
• Added green beans
• Added shitake mushrooms
• Did NOT use 1 cup of garlic -- used 4 cloves instead
• Did NOT use 1/4 cup of serrano chiles -- sliced up 2 instead
• Couldn't get fresh Shanghai noodles so used some other similar Asian noodles we had
• Couldn't find pea shoots so left that out