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Fried Noodles with Chicken Recipe
by ShaleeDP

Fried Noodles with Chicken
Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
Prep time: China Chinese
Cook time: Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1 large chicken breast (approximately 180g), preferably higher welfare, skin off
  • a bunch of fresh coriander
  • 2 big cloves of garlic
  • a thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger
  • 8 spring onions
  • 1 gem lettuce
  • 1 fresh red chilli
  • 1 lime
  • 100g dried medium egg noodles
  • vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted cashew nuts
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • a large handful of mangetout
  • a handful of beansprouts
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce

Directions

  1. Cut the chicken breast into 1cm thick strips
  2. Pick the coriander leaves and finely slice the stalks
  3. Peel and finely slice the garlic and ginger
  4. Trim and finely slice the spring onions
  5. Separate the little gem leaves
  6. Wash and spin the salad leaves dry
  7. Deseed and finely slice the chilli
  8. Cut the lime into wedges
  9. Cook the noodles in boiling water according to packet instructions, drain and refresh under cold water; Drain again, toss in a little oil and put to one side.
  10. Toss the cashew nuts with a tablespoon of water and the icing sugar
  11. Drop into a hot saucepan and cook, shaking and tossing constantly, until the nuts turn sticky then golden
  12. Tip into a bowl to cool, then roughly chop or bash in a pestle and mortar
  13. Heat a frying pan or wok that’s big enough to hold all the ingredients
  14. Season the chicken with black pepper and stir-fry in a little vegetable oil for 2 to 3 minutes, or until almost cooked
  15. Add the coriander stalks, garlic and ginger and cook for a further minute
  16. Add the spring onions, mangetout and beansprouts and stir-fry for a couple of minutes, then add the cooked noodles and coriander leaves
  17. Keep stir-frying until the noodles are warmed through and the chicken is perfectly cooked
  18. Stir through the soy and fish sauces and remove from the heat
  19. Divide between bowls and decorate with the little gem leaves, watercress sprigs, if using, and the nuts
  20. Sprinkle over the sliced chilli
  21. Serve with lime wedges on the side for squeezing over