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Hoisin Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry

Glossy dark-glazed noodles tangled with ground chicken, ribbons of carrot and red pepper, scallions cut over the top.

Hoisin Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
30 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$10.22

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 3 instant ramen noodles
  • 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 lb carrots
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 1 oz fresh ginger root
  • 1/2 bunch green onions / scallions

Method

  1. Boil the noodle blocks for 2 minutes, discarding the seasoning packets. Drain and rinse under cold water so they stop cooking.

  2. Cut the carrots into matchsticks and the pepper into thin strips. Mince the garlic and ginger and slice the scallions, keeping the green tops aside.

  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or wide skillet over high heat. Break the ground chicken in and cook without stirring for 2 minutes to get colour, then stir and cook through, 4 minutes total.

  4. Push the chicken to one side, add the garlic, ginger and scallion whites, and stir for 30 seconds. Add the carrots and pepper and toss for 2 minutes so they stay crisp.

  5. Add the noodles, the hoisin, the soy sauce and the sesame oil. Toss over high heat for 2 minutes until everything is coated and glossy.

  6. Serve with the scallion greens cut over the top.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$40.88$10.2211 of 11 ingredients
United Kingdom£16.41£4.109 of 11 ingredients
Australia$39.10$9.789 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$52.35$13.099 of 11 ingredients
Canada$47.94$11.999 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$924.62$231.169 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏٦٦١٫٥٩ ج.م.‏‏١٦٥٫٤٠ ج.م.‏8 of 11 ingredients
Greece15,92 €*3,98 €6 of 11 ingredients
Spain11,23 €*2,81 €6 of 11 ingredients
Germany17,62 €*4,41 €6 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 23,49*€ 5,876 of 11 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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