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Chicken with chilli and soy sauce

First shown on 23 Jan 2012 on Lorraine.

James Tanner
Recipe by
James Tanner

A quick and healthy chicken dish served with noodles, only 322 calories per serving!

Ingredients

  • 250 g oz medium Chinese egg noodles
  • 2 tbsp peanut oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large red chilli, de-seeded and sliced
  • 1 tbsp Chinese 5-spice
  • 2 skinless chicken breasts, sliced
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks
  • 150 g oz mange tout, cut into matchsticks
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • ½ red pepper, de-seeded and sliced
  • 5 tbsp chicken stock
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shoaxing rice wine, or dry sherry
  • ¼ head Chinese lettuce, shredded
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander

Nutritional Info

  • 322

    Calories
  • 2.1g

    Saturates
  • 11.8g

    Fat
  • -

    Sugar
  • -

    Salt

Method: How to make Chicken with chilli and soy sauce

1

Cook the noodles in boiling water for four minutes then drain, rinse under cold water and set aside.

2

Next, heat a wok over a high heat and add 1 tablespoon of peanut oil and heat until it shimmers. Add the garlic, chilli and 5-spice and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add the sliced chicken and stir fry for 3 minutes until just cooked through, remove from the wok and set aside. Add the remaining peanut oil to the wok, heat then add the ginger, mange tout, carrot and pepper.

3

Stir fry for 2 minutes then add the stock, soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine. Add the chicken and cook for a further minute or until the chicken is hot and veg is only just tender. Finally add the noodles, lettuce, spring onion and sesame seeds and toss together. Serve in a large warmed serving bowl with fresh coriander sprinkled over.