

Ginger soy skewers with egg noodle salad
(at time of publication)
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 coriandercilantroX leaves
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon rice bran oil
- 1 tablespoon crushed unsalted peanuts
- lime wedges, to serve
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Instructions
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.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 426cal
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Kilojoules 1780kJ
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Protein 37g
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Total fat 9g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 45g
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–Sugars 11g
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Dietary fibre 5g
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Sodium 640mg
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Calcium 90mg
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Iron 2.5mg
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