CHICKEN SATAY NOODLES
Ingredients
- 400g/14oz chicken or turkey breast
- cut into strips
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 375g/13oz dried egg noodles
- 2 tsp rapeseed oil
- 6 spring onions
- thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 x 400ml tin reduced-fat coconut milk
- 100g/3½oz sugar snap peas
- 150g/5½oz mixed frozen beans and peas
- 100g/3½oz frozen sweetcorn
- 1 lime
- juice only
- 1 carrot
- shaved into thin slices using a vegetable peeler
- 75g/2¾oz baby spinach leaves
- 2 tbsp roughly chopped cashew nuts
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
Directions
- Put the chicken in a bowl
- add the soy sauce and cornflour and mix well. Cover and set aside for a few moments.
- Meanwhile
- bring a large pan of water to the boil
- add the noodles and cook according to the packet instructions. Drain in a colander
- rinse with cold water until they are cold
- then drain once more and tip them back into the cold pan. Add half the rapeseed oil and toss.
- Heat a wok until hot
- add the remaining rapeseed oil and the spring onions and stir-fry for 1 minute
- or until softened. Add the peanut butter
- chilli sauce and coconut milk and stir until combined. Bring to a simmer
- then add the marinated chicken and poach for 4 minutes
- or until cooked through. Add the sugar snap peas and simmer for another 2 minutes
- or until nearly tender
- then add the frozen peas
- beans and sweetcorn. Return to the boil
- stir in the lime juice and check the seasoning – you might want to add more lime juice or chilli
- depending how hot you like it.
- Stir in the cooked noodles and heat for 1-2 minutes
- or until hot through. Stir in the carrot shavings and spinach and remove from the heat. The heat from the dish will wilt the spinach down. Stir a couple of times.
- Serve in bowls
- garnished with the cashews and coriander.

