Thai Basil Minced Chicken and Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms

I love stuffed mushrooms. It really is one of my favourite ways of eating mushrooms and it's a great way to add protein to your diet. And a great dish to make if you're on a protein diet. In this dish instance I used portobello mushrooms but you can of course just use button mushrooms or even shiitakes.  And if you don't like chicken you can use beef or pork.

My secret ingredient is Quinoa.  I just love love Quinoa! Sorry so lame for getting excited about Quinoa right? :) This is a great way to add healthy food to your diet. I cook my quinoa on the stovetop. After you rinse the raw quinoa in a fine mesh strainer, put into a pot and add water to the ratio of 1:2. So 1 cup of quinoa to 2 cups of water. Cook on medium to high heat for about 8-10minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed. For a tastier quinoa you can cook it in some stock.

I don't have exact measurements as usual so you can just play around with the taste to your liking. 

Ingredients:

Minced Meat - Chicken/Pork/Beef

Thai Basil, shredded

Red Chilli, chopped coarsest or finely.  Deseed if you wish.  

Fish Sauce

Sugar, small amount

Crushed Garlic

Cooked Quinoa

Mushrooms

⚫️ Mix all ingredients in a bowl except for the mushrooms.  Mix the meat by hand (use disposable gloves if you want), until the meat is kind of sticky.  

⚫️ Take a mushroom and turn it over so that the stem is facing up. Fill the mushroom cups with the meat mixture. It's not necessary to remove the stems.  

⚫️ I usually cook this in the Airfryer at 180C for around 7-8 minutes. Then turn it up to 200C to brown the tops for another 2-3 minutes.

⚫️ Serve hot or warm at room temperature. Great with a side salad served with a Thai dressing.  

Tofudles!

Tofudles! This is the answer to your noodle craving when you're on a low carb diet. When I sad this posted by Budget Pantry, I knew I had to try it. I had bought this tofu before but didn't like it. And I guess had no idea how to cook it. Never thought of unrolling it. So this time I tried cutting it into wide strips like Parpadelle pasta and cooked it with Pesto, Chicken and Sweet Peas. And the taste? Well you definitely know it's not pasta, but I liked it. There is a chewiness to it and you can still taste the tofu(ness).

Baiye Tofu

It wasn't that easy to stir the tofudles, once I mixed the pesto in, they kind of clung together. Next time I will cut them thinner Linguine like. And I'm actually excited to cook it again. See what other ways I can cook it. The amazing thing was my 8 year old finished all her portion! High Five Tofu!

If you're living in Singapore, you can buy this Tofu from NTUC (and probably other supermarkets).

The Tofu after it's been cut and unrolled into strips.The great thing is the tofu is not that delicate, so it doesn't break easily when you stirfry it.

The finished Dish. Delicious!!