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Cold Noodles with Shredded Chicken

Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword cold noodle with chicken shreds
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 person

Ingredients

  • 100 g noodles
  • half chicken breast (200 g)
  • 1 green onion, cut into 2-inch long pieces
  • 5 g ginger, cut into slices
  • 1 tablespoon cooking wine
  • ½ English cucumbers or 2 mini cucumbers
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon LaoGanMa spicy sauce
  • teaspoon chicken broth mix
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese dark vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • Few leaves of Chinese green (Bok Choy) (optional)

Instructions

  • In a pot, add green onion, ginger and cooking wine and bring to a boil. Add chicken breast to the boiling water, lower the heat and simmer for ~20 minutes till the internal temperature measured in the thickest part should be 75 degrees Celsius or 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Let the chicken breast cool down, and then shred off in small pieces.
  • Wash the cucumber, and cut it in half, then cut into thin slices, then stack few up and cut into matchstick-sized strips
  • Whisk the egg. Heat a fry pan on medium heat, add 1tbsp oil, when the oil is hot, add the egg to the pan, and wait for one side to become solid, then flip the egg and cook the other side to solidify. Transfer to the cutting board, cut it into thin slices
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add noodles and cook over medium heat. Once it is done, drain well and set aside to cool off. Take a large bowl, combine cold noodles, egg skin slices, chicken pieces, cucumber strips together
  • Add LaoGanMa spicy source, salt, light soy sauce, chicken broth mix, Chinese dark vinegar, sugar, sesame oil to the bowl, mix well
  • Optional step:
    Once the noodles are a minute away from done, add in the leafy greens to blanch. Drain well, and then add to the chicken and cucumber and noodles.
  • Serve and Enjoy!

Notes

  • Add wine while boiling the chicken breast. This will season the meat as it poaches, making it more flavorful.
  • Use a meat thermometer to control the doneness of the chicken breast.