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Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime

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Meat-led noodle dinner with chicken thighs, sweetheart cabbage, peppers, egg noodles, ginger, soy, honey, lime, and spring onions.

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30 min640 kcal4 base servingsDinnerNoodlesChickenQuick
ContainsEgg, Gluten, Soya
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Focus ingredients: chicken thigh fillets, egg noodles, sweetheart cabbage, fresh ginger

Dietary fit: Dairy-free

Serving tip: Keep the cabbage slightly crisp so the noodles do not feel heavy.

Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 650g chicken thigh fillets
  • 300g egg noodles
  • 1 sweetheart cabbage
  • 1 red pepper
  • 4 spring onions
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 30g fresh ginger
  • 1 lime
  • 3 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

You'll also need

wok or wide frying pan, saucepan, colander, grater, knife, chopping board

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 1: Prepare the stir-fry.
    Step 1

    Prepare the stir-fry

    Slice the chicken into bite-size strips, shred the sweetheart cabbage, slice the red pepper and spring onions, grate the garlic and ginger, and zest and juice the lime.

    14 min
  2. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 2: Mix the sticky sauce.
    Step 2

    Mix the sticky sauce

    Stir the soy sauce, honey, lime juice, half the lime zest, black pepper, and 2 tablespoons water together in a small bowl.

    3 min
  3. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 3: Cook the noodles.
    Step 3

    Cook the noodles

    Boil the egg noodles for 4 minutes or according to the pack until just tender, then drain and rinse briefly under warm water.

    5 min
  4. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 4: Brown the chicken.
    Step 4

    Brown the chicken

    Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wok or wide frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook the chicken with a pinch of salt for 6 to 7 minutes until golden and cooked through with no pink in the thickest pieces.

    7 min
  5. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 5: Stir-fry the vegetables.
    Step 5

    Stir-fry the vegetables

    Add the cabbage, red pepper, spring onions, garlic, and ginger, then stir-fry for 4 minutes until the cabbage is bright and just tender.

    4 min
  6. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 6: Gloss the noodles.
    Step 6

    Gloss the noodles

    Add the noodles and sticky sauce, then toss for 2 to 3 minutes until the noodles are glossy and the sauce clings to the chicken.

    3 min
  7. Sticky Ginger Chicken Cabbage Noodles with Lime cooking step 7: Finish with lime.
    Step 7

    Finish with lime

    Serve in bowls with the remaining lime zest and any pan juices spooned over the top.

    2 min