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Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles with Lime and Spring Onion

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Chicken noodles with broccoli and carrot ribbons in a honey-soy glaze, finished with lime and spring onion.

60 min505 kcal4 base servingsFamily FriendlyStir Fry
ContainsEgg, Gluten, Soya
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Focus ingredients: chicken breast, egg noodles, broccoli

Dietary fit: Dairy-free

Serving tip: Cool promptly in shallow portions and refrigerate within 1–2 hours at 0–5°C. Use within 48 hours or the earliest product limit, and reheat once only until steaming hot throughout.

Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 300g egg noodles
  • 500g chicken breast
  • 300g broccoli
  • 200g carrot
  • 60g spring onions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 20g fresh ginger
  • 60ml soy sauce
  • 30ml honey
  • 1 lime
  • 15ml olive oil
  • 3530ml water

You'll also need

30cm 5l non-stick deep saute pan, 5l saucepan reused from broccoli for noodles, large mixing bowl, colander, tongs, scales, measuring jug, knife, separate raw chicken board, grater and clean probe thermometer

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 1: Prep the sauce and veg.
    Step 1

    Prepare

    For more than four servings, repeat batches of no more than four. Divide displayed ingredients and method totals between batches; keep 1cm chicken thickness, 250g batch maximum, pan sizes and per-batch times fixed. Allow extra elapsed time. Cut broccoli into 3cm florets and peeled stalk into 3mm slices. Peel carrots into thin ribbons and finely slice the core. Slice spring onions, keeping whites and greens separate. Crush garlic and grate fresh ginger. Measure 30ml lime juice. Cut raw chicken into strips no thicker than 1cm on a separate board; wash hands and utensils and keep chicken chilled.

  2. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 2: Cook the noodles.
    Step 2

    Mix sauce and cook broccoli

    Mix all soy sauce, honey, 30ml water, 15ml lime juice in a bowl. Bring 1000ml water to the boil in the 5l saucepan. Add all broccoli, return to the boil and simmer 5–6 minutes until stalk centres are tender. Drain and discard water. No extra salt is needed with the soy sauce.

    6 min
  3. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 3: Sear the chicken.
    Step 3

    Cook chicken in batches

    Measure 7.5ml olive oil for the chicken and divide between two equal batches. Heat each share in the 30cm 5l pan over medium-high heat. Fry chicken in a single layer, no more than 250g per batch, for 8–10 minutes, turning regularly. Check the thickest strips reach 75°C for 30 seconds with a clean probe; continue and recheck if needed. Transfer each cooked batch and its juices to a clean large bowl.

    20 min
  4. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 4: Add the vegetables.
    Step 4

    Soften noodles

    Near the end of the last chicken batch, bring 2500ml water to the boil in the emptied 5l saucepan. Remove from heat, add all dry noodles and soak 6–7 minutes, stirring to separate, or follow the packet. Drain well. Cook vegetables while noodles soften.

    7 min
  5. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 5: Glaze and toss.
    Step 5

    Cook vegetables

    Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining 7.5ml olive oil and all carrot ribbons and spring onion whites. Stir-fry 3 minutes until softened, then add all garlic and ginger for 1 minute, stirring to avoid burning. Transfer to the chicken bowl, with all cooked drained broccoli.

    4 min
  6. Sticky Soy Chicken Noodles cooking step 6: Serve the bowls.
    Step 6

    Finish and serve

    Divide the cooked chicken and vegetables, the drained noodles and sauce into two equal portions. Add one portion of each to the pan and toss over medium-high heat 2 minutes until steaming hot and lightly coated. Serve that batch and repeat with the remaining portions; do not crowd everything into the pan. Divide all noodles, chicken and vegetables evenly between the intended servings. Spoon over remaining 15ml lime juice and scatter all spring onion greens, dividing these between both batches.

    4 min