Spicy Soba Noodles With Chicken

Asian flavors combine to create an easy chicken dish with spicy soba noodles that you can on the table in less than 30 minutes.

During a recent visit to my favorite local farmer’s market, I picked up a bag of beautiful, bright green English peas. Is it just me or is there something extremely cathartic about trimming, shelling, blanching, and shocking a green pea? Not to mention the fact that peas in a pod are probably my favorite children’s Halloween costume of all time. But, I digress..

As we all know, I love Asian food of every variety. Whilemost sensible people serve fresh English peas simply with butter and salt, I decided to hit them with a bit of heat. To balance it out, there is sweetness from the hoisin, tanginess from the rice vinegar and saltiness from the soy sauce.

I promise to have them with butter before the season is over.

In the meantime, your fork is waiting.

Spicy Soba Noodles With Chicken

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Asian flavors combine to create an easy chicken dish with spicy soba noodles that you can on the table in less than 30 minutes.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

CourseCourse: Main Dish

ServesServes: 4

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 8 oz soba noodles cooked
• ▢ 1 tbs peanut oil or canola
• ▢ 8 oz chicken breast – cut in 1/2 in cubes
• ▢ 1 medium onion diced
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 1 tbs fresh ginger minced
• ▢ 1 red pepper seeded and diced
• ▢ 2 c broccoli cut in florets
• ▢ 1 c green peas fresh or frozen
• ▢ 1 c shiitake mushrooms sliced
• ▢ ½ c scallions garnish

Sauce

• ▢ 2 tbs hoisin sauce
• ▢ 2 tbs soy sauce low sodim
• ▢ 1 tsp sesame oil
• ▢ 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
• ▢ 1 tbs chili garlic paste optional

Instructions

 

1. ▢
   Prepare soba noodles according to package directions and set aside.
2. ▢
   Meanwhile, blanch broccoli and peas (if using fresh) in boiling salty water for 3 minutes.
3. ▢
   In a small bowl, whisk together sauce: hoisin, soy, sesame oil, rice vinegar and chili garlic paste; set aside.
4. ▢
   When broccoli and peas turn bright green, from boiling water and submerge in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. (This keeps veggies bright and crisp, not brown and mushy.) Note: If using frozen peas, simply thaw and skip this step.
5. ▢
   Next, heat oil over medium-high heat in a large wok or deep pan.
6. ▢
   Add cubed chicken breast and cook until browned, about 7-8 minutes; remove from pan and set aside.
7. ▢
   To the hot pan, add onion and cook 4 minutes.
8. ▢
   Stir in garlic, ginger and red pepper; cook additional 2 minutes.
9. ▢
   Add cooked broccoli, peas, mushrooms and reserved chicken breast.
10. ▢
    Pour in sauce and reserved noodles and cook for 2 minutes. Serve with fresh scallions.

Nutrition

Calories: 378kcalCarbohydrates: 62.2gProtein: 24.5gFat: 6.4gSaturated Fat: 0.6gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 763mgFiber: 4.9g

Liz’s Notes

Excellent source of Vitamin C, good source Vitamin A and Iron

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