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Chicken and Spring Onion Noodle Stir-Fry

Strips of chicken breast stir-fried with pepper, ginger and spring onion, tossed through egg noodles in a soy glaze.

Total
25 min
Hands on
22 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Chinese

Per serving · estimated

Energy
580 kcal
Protein
41 g
Fat
20 g
Carbs
55 g
Freshly cooked Chicken and Spring Onion Noodle Stir-Fry

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Bring a saucepan of water to the boil for the noodles.

    saucepan on hob
  2. Step 2 of 11

    Slice the chicken breast into thin even strips across the grain.

    • Chicken breast
    slice chicken strips
  3. Step 3 of 11

    Cut the pepper into strips and slice the spring onions, keeping green and white apart.

    • Red pepper
    • Spring onions
    slice pepper strips
  4. Step 4 of 11

    Mince the garlic and grate the ginger.

    • Garlic
    • Fresh ginger
    mince garlic
  5. Step 5 of 11

    Stir the soy sauce, vinegar, honey and cornflour together in a small bowl until smooth.

    • Soy sauce
    • Rice vinegar
    • Honey
    • Cornflour
    slake cornflour
  6. Step 6 of 11

    Cook the noodles in the boiling water for 4 minutes, then drain and rinse briefly.

    • Dried egg noodles
    4 min
  7. Step 7 of 11

    Heat a wok or wide pan over high heat with the oil until it shimmers.

    • Sunflower oil
    heat oil in pan
  8. Step 8 of 11

    Stir-fry the chicken strips for 4-5 minutes until white and opaque all the way through, 74 °C at the thickest point.

    • Chicken breast
    74 °C / 165 °F5 minPoultry (whole, parts, and ground) to 74 °C / 165 °F
    chicken cooked through
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  9. Step 9 of 11

    Add the pepper, spring onion whites, garlic and ginger and stir-fry 2 minutes.

    • Red pepper
    • Spring onions
    • Garlic
    • Fresh ginger
    2 min
  10. Step 10 of 11

    Pour in the sauce and stir until it thickens and coats everything.

    • Soy sauce
    • Cornflour
    sauce thickened
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  11. Step 11 of 11

    Toss in the drained noodles and the spring onion greens, then scatter with sesame seeds.

    • Dried egg noodles
    • Spring onions
    • Sesame seeds

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