Thursday, November 13, 2008

Kat's Charlie Chan Pasta


Description:
My own version of Yellow Cab's Charlie Chan Pasta.

Some of the versions I found online used Aristocrat's Java Sauce. Since it's not available here, I had to make the sauce from scratch.

Ingredients:
400 grams spaghetti, cook as per package instructions
7-10 cloves of garlic, minced
300 grams chicken breast, sliced into strips and marinated in oyster sauce
250 grams shitaake mushrooms (fresh; if you'll use dry, soak it in water first para lumambot)
About a cup of roasted (unsalted) peanuts (or kung gano karami ang gusto niyo)
4 teaspoons garlic chilli paste or 1 siling labuyo, chopped
4 teaspoons of peanut butter
About 3 tablespoons dark and sweet soy sauce
About 1/4 cup oyster sauce
Sibuyas mura for garnishing
Olive oil (don't use extra virgin) or canola oil

Directions:
1. Heat your pan at lagyan ng oil. Pag mainit na, saute the garlic.
2. Pag brown na ang garlic, ilagay ang chicken breast. Saute until the chicken meat is white all over.
3. Ilagay ang shitaake mushrooms. Saute for about 3 minutes. Add the peanuts. Saute for another 3 minutes.
4. Pour the oyster sauce, dark soya, peanut butter and chilli. Timpalahan according to taste. If it's too salty, add a bit of sugar. If it's too sweet, put more oyster sauce. If you want it to be more peanut-y, put more peanut butter. If you want more anghang, put more chilli.
5. Pour over pasta and garnish with green onions.
6. Serve hot!

6 comments:

Reden Mateo said...

sarap! :)

Carlo & Pia's Wedding said...

nag crave tuloy ako ng pasta kat. =(

zane ronquillo said...

oh my god! gagayahin ko to! i love charlie chan's chicken pasta. chili oil ang sinubukan ko dati pero iba eh. will look for your ingredients :) thanks, kat!

Kat Zuño-Mateo said...

you're most welcome zane! let me know how your version turns out. =)

mayen zuno said...

try ko din to, bukas din, dinner naman

Tracy Carpena said...

wow! :-) favorite ko yung charlie chan pasta! yey! naku, good luck sa pag-gaya ko nito. hehe. thanks, kat!