Chicken Chow Mein with Cabbage and Carrot
A homemade takeout-style favorite with tender chicken, slippery rice noodles and crisp-tender cabbage and carrot, finished with fresh ginger and herbs.
Fits Celiac, Hashimoto's, Low-FODMAP and 11 more diets
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Ingredients
- 600 g boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into thin strips
- 300 g green cabbage, thinly sliced
- 2 carrot, peeled into ribbons
- 250 g gluten-free rice noodles
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 tsp garlic-infused olive oil
- 2 tbsp chives, finely snipped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Method
- Soak the rice noodles until pliable, then drain well.10 min timer
- Brown chicken in olive oil; cook to 165°F/74°C.10 min timer
- Stir in cabbage and carrot until tender-crisp.4 min timer
- Add ginger, garlic-infused oil and noodles; toss until glossy.2 min timer
- Set aside the kids' share, then fold in chives and parsley.Kids’ plate comes out here
Kids’ plate: Chicken chow mein noodles
On the plate: Chicken strips with soft rice noodles, cabbage and carrot ribbons.
Make it a game: Pretend the noodles are little roads and the chicken strips are cars. Find a noodle road for each car at your own pace.
Set it aside at step 5, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Chicken, rice noodles and cooked cabbage and carrot, with no soy, legumes or dairy.
- Gluten-free: Gluten-free rice noodles keep the noodle-shop style without wheat.
- Low-histamine: Freshly cooked chicken with fresh cabbage, carrot, ginger and herbs; no vinegar, citrus or fermented sauce.
- Kid (4–12): Mild chicken, soft noodles and familiar cabbage and carrot make an easy-to-pick-up plate.
- Toddler (1–3): Tender cabbage and carrot with short noodles and small chicken pieces for picking up.
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