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Ginger soy skewers with egg noodle salad

  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 12 bamboo skewers
  • 500g chicken breast fillets, cut in thin strips
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-salt soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • ¼ teaspoon five-spice powder
  • pinch of ground white pepper
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger
  • 3 teaspoons honey
  • Salad
  • 200g dried egg noodles
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers or
  • ½ telegraph cucumber halved lengthways, seeds removed, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled in long ribbons
  • 250g tomatoes, sliced, or cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ cup mint leaves
  • ½ cup coriander leaves
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon rice bran oil
  • 1 tablespoon crushed unsalted peanuts
  • lime wedges, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Soak bamboo skewers in a shallow dish of cold water for 30 minutes then drain.

    2 Meanwhile, combine chicken, soy sauce, sesame oil, five-spice, pepper, ginger and honey in a large bowl. Cover bowl and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

    3 Cook noodles in a medium saucepan of boiling water according to packet directions. Drain and refresh under cold running water, then drain again and transfer to a large salad bowl. Add cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, mint, coriander, lime juice and rice bran oil to bowl. Toss to combine.

    4 Thread chicken onto skewers. Heat a grill pan or barbecue hotplate on high. Cook skewers for 1-2 minutes each side or until cooked through.

    5 Scatter skewers with crushed peanuts and serve with lime wedges and salad.

    Variations

    • Make it low FODMAP: Replace honey with maple syrup. Check your five spice powder does not include garlic powder. Choose gluten free noodles.
    • Make it gluten free: Check soy sauce, five-spice powder and noodles are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    You can freeze uncooked skewers (or marinated chicken) for up to one month.

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