Cooking 101: Our Version of Yellow Cab's Charlie Chan Chicken Pasta

Despite craving Yellow Cab's extremely popular Charlie Chan Chicken Pasta, my crew and I didn't dash to the nearest YC branch. We opted to whip up our version instead as a beautiful way to bond while saving our precious pesos. 

What We Used:

• 250 grams of angel's hair pasta, cooked according to package directions
• olive oil
• 150 grams of diced chicken meat
• ground cashews and roasted peanuts
• 2 packs of Clara Ole Kung Pao Pasta Sauce
• Lee Kum Kee Oyster Sauce to taste
• salt and white pepper to taste
• brown sugar to taste
• chili pepper flakes to taste
• scallions or spring onions
• lemon juice

What I Did with the Pasta:
I love cooking pasta, so I assigned and authorized myself to do the job without going through the preliminaries!

1. After putting just enough water in the pan, I added a handful of salt to make the pasta more flavorful. I got that tip from constantly watching Giada De Laurentiis' show on the Asian Food Channel.
2. A minute after the water boiled, I added the pasta and allowed it to cook for a few minutes.
3. Since Angel's hair cooks much faster than any other pasta type, it just took under 4 minutes before it turned out al dente. However, a minute before this happened, I was already scooping the pasta out of the pan to preserve the chewy texture I dearly love.
4. Coating the Angel's Hair with olive oil is my favorite step because I can freely devour my pasta sans the sauce by this time!

What We Did with the Sauce:

1. After mixing salt, pepper, and lemon juice into our chicken, we let it marinate inside the fridge for about two hours. 
2. Afterward, we sautéed the meat in oil, added some nuts, and cooked for a few more minutes.
3. We then poured the Clara Ole Kung Pao Pasta Sauce and cooked it until everything was heated.
4. A tablespoon or two of oyster sauce tossed in with some lemon juice, sugar, salt, and pepper flakes did make a difference in the overall texture of the sauce.
5. As a fitting finale, we added pasta and some scallions for freshness. 

Need I say more? 

Our Version of Yellow Cab's Charlie Chan Chicken Pasta!

Yay! Angel's Hair Pasta was so easy to make; it even turned out al dente in no time!

Hmmm...I can most definitely devour all the garnishes in one sitting!