Chicken with crispy noodles

Name: Chicken with crispy noodles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 spring cabbage, finely sliced; ½ red (bell) pepper, deseeded and finely diced; 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tsp mirin; 2 carrots, peeled and cut into fine julienne strips; ½ green (bell) pepper, deseeded and finely diced; groundnut oil, for deep-frying; 300 g/10½ oz egg noodles

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

A quick and easy stir-fry that makes a great lunch or supper dish, this is perfect for the busy lives we all lead - and it’s healthy too. I’m also convinced that you’ll love my simple, new twist of combining the chicken with crispy instead of soft noodles.

Ingredients

300 g/10½ oz egg noodles
groundnut oil, for deep-frying
1

Asia
Lunch
Supper
Pasta

Method

Bring a saucepan of water to the boil over a high heat. Add the egg noodles and cook for 3-4 minutes until tender. Drain well, then divide the noodles into four piles.

Heat at least 5cm/2in of the groundnut oil in a deep, heavy-based saucepan to 180°C/350°F, when a cube of bread browns in 50 seconds. Using a large, flat, round slotted spoon, lower in the first pile of noodles and fry fo