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Ginger Chicken and Carrot Noodle Stir-Fry

Strips of chicken breast and carrot matchsticks tossed with egg noodles in a soy, ginger and sesame sauce.

Total
25 min
Hands on
20 min
Serves
4
Method
hob
Cuisine
Chinese

Per serving · estimated

Energy
600 kcal
Protein
55 g
Fat
17 g
Carbs
55 g
Freshly cooked Ginger Chicken and Carrot Noodle Stir-Fry

Method

  1. Step 1 of 12

    Put a large pot of water on to boil for the noodles.

    stockpot on hob
  2. Step 2 of 12

    Cut the chicken breasts into thin strips across the grain.

    • Chicken breasts
    slice chicken strips
  3. Step 3 of 12

    Peel the carrots and cut them into fine matchsticks.

    • Carrots
    baton carrot
  4. Step 4 of 12

    Mince the garlic, grate the ginger and slice the spring onions, keeping green and white apart.

    • Garlic
    • Fresh ginger
    • Spring onions
    grate ginger
  5. Step 5 of 12

    Stir the cornflour into the cold water until smooth, then mix in the soy sauce, vinegar and honey.

    • Cornflour
    • Cold water
    • Soy sauce
    • Rice vinegar
    • Honey
    slake cornflour
  6. Step 6 of 12

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

    • Dried egg noodles
    4 min
  7. Step 7 of 12

    Heat a wok over high heat until it just smokes, then add the vegetable oil.

    • Vegetable oil
    wok smoking hot
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  8. Step 8 of 12

    Stir-fry the chicken strips for 5 minutes until browned and cooked to 74 °C.

    • Chicken breasts
    74 °C / 165 °F5 minPoultry (whole, parts, and ground) to 74 °C / 165 °F
  9. Step 9 of 12

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

    • Carrots
    • Garlic
    • Fresh ginger
    • Spring onions
    2 min
  10. Step 10 of 12

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

    • Soy sauce
    • Cornflour
    sauce thickened
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  11. Step 11 of 12

    Add the drained noodles and sesame oil and toss through for 1 minute.

    • Dried egg noodles
    • Toasted sesame oil
    1 min
  12. Step 12 of 12

    Serve scattered with the spring onion greens and sesame seeds.

    • Spring onions
    • Sesame seeds

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