Easy Drunken Zoodle Chicken Casserole
These are very hot little firecrackers from the orient. They can be used to add spice to almost any oriental dish. They dry very easily and can be stored and used this way for a long time.
Serves 5-6.
Ingredients:
1 lb boneless chicken thighs or breast (the darker meat works best)
Ingredients for Stir Fry Sauce:
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp chili garlic sauce/paste (available in most asian sections at store. Or use Sriracha)
2-3 tbsp gluten free Tamari soy sauce mixed with 1 tbsp dark sugar (coconut palm sugar, dark brown sugar, or molasses). This creates a dark soy sauce.
Pinch of ground ginger
kefir lime or 1/4 tsp lime zest (a splash of juice works too)
salt and pepper to taste
optional finely diced Thai bird’s eye red pepper for extra spicy
Other Ingredients:
1 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp olive oil or sesame oil
1 tsp garlic
1 cup stir fry veggies (i.e. broccoli, snap peas, etc.)
2-3 tbsp tapioca starch or potato starch/flour
1 red bell pepper, sliced
16 oz (or about 3-4 c Zucchini noodles- zoodles) This equals about 1-2 large zucchini
3 eggs
2-3 tbsp coconut milk
Garnish/Topping:
Thai basil
1 Thai red pepper (see notes for other pepper)
optional sesame seeds to garnish
Instructions:
Clean your chicken then dice your chicken meat into small slices/cubes. Set aside.
Slice veggies and spiralize your zucchini. If you don’t have a spiralizer, just cut julienne style. I use this spiralizer. Make sure to pat your zucchini noodles extra dry with a towel to remove excess water.
Next, mix your stir fry sauce. Whisk together the fish sauce, chili sauce, ginger, tamari + sugar (to equal the dark soy sauce), lime, pinch of pepper. Taste and adjust with more tamari/sugar if needed. For Paleo option, use palm sugar or molasses.
Preheat oven to 350F and greased casserole dish. Set aside.
Place meat, garlic, onion, oil in skillet or large pan. Sauté 5 minutes.
Add your stir fry veggies, sliced red pepper, sauce, and 2-3 tbsp tapioca starch. Stir fry 10-15 minutes until chicken no long pink (but not overcooked) and starch is mixed well with the meat/vegetables.
Place (Zucchini noodles) zoodles at the bottom of your casserole dish. Add the Chicken stir fry with sauce on top of zoodles evenly.
Next whisk your eggs and coconut milk. Pour over casserole dish.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the egg mix is cooked through.
Remove from oven and garnish with Thai basil and optional sliced Thai peppers.
Salt/pepper to taste. Sesame seeds to sprinkle over top, if desired.
If you don’t have Thai red pepper, you can use any other spicy red pepper. I also added jalapeno for extra kick! Thai red peppers are Available in the Asian foods section or produce section of some supermarkets, or at some Asian markets.
8x 11 casserole dish is what I used. But 9 x13 should be okay, just won’t be as thick in pan once cooked.
Don’t over cook chicken during the stir fry.
From cottercrunch.com