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Shredded chicken, egg noodles & cucumber

November 28, 2018 by Tash Leave a Comment

shredded-chicken-egg-noodleI’m feeling a little overwhelmed. I don’t think I ever really understood how much time it takes to do house-y stuff. (I suspect many of you are laughing at me right now.) No really, I’ve just started at a full time job after three years off and I have to admit it’s a bit of a shock to the system. I thought that I was pretty good at preparing food for the week, but that’s largely because I had the flexibility of working from home before.

I read somewhere recently that the average household owns an average of six recipe books, but make the same nine meals over and over again. One in five people haven’t introduced a new dish to their repertoire for more than a year! While I do find that surprising sometimes I go weeks without trying a new recipe, so I can totally relate.

I am lucky to have very reasonable hours at my new job but I’m finding that everything takes just that little chunk of time out of my day and I’m left with not enough time to do me stuff – you know, like photograph my food. I used to love grocery shopping (no really, I love reading food labels) but now I’m so tempted to use online grocery orders or one of those meal delivery services. I’m not sure I can bring myself to do it but some of their healthy recipes look pretty decent, and it’d be nice to try out new meal. I don’t know if I can bring myself to do it, but at least that way I can still cook my own food – and skip the supermarket.

I’ve been a little stuck for inspiration this week, but I couldn’t resist trying to replicate Andrew McConnell’s shredded chicken salad from Supernormal – or a much simplified version thereof. It’s a simple noodle and shredded chicken dish that’s made really delicious with a vinegary, chilli, gingery kick of a Yuxiang dressing.

In case you’re wondering, the other recipes in my current weeknight rotation are this Cypriot grain salad and oh so delicious zingy pork larb.

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Shredded chicken, egg noodles & cucumber

A quick adaptation of Andrew McConnell's shredded chicken salad from Supernormal
Prep Time35 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time50 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Source: inspired by Andrew McConnell's white cut chicken salad

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breast
  • 600 ml chicken stock

for the Yuxiang dressing

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 spring onions thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp ginger grated
  • 3 cloves garlic finely diced
  • 15 g sugar
  • 40 ml soy sauce
  • 40 ml chinkiang vinegar
  • ½ tsp chilli bean sauce

for the salad

  • 300 g egg noodles
  • 2 cucumbers julienned
  • ½ cup Chinese cabbage or regular cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 2 spring onions thinly sliced
  • 2 stalks coriander leaves
  • fried shallots to garnish
  • sliced chilli and chilli oil to garnish (optional)

Instructions

  • Place the chicken breast and chicken stock a small saucepan, then cover and cook over medium heat. Allow to come to a gentle simmer and cook for a further 6 minutes (9 minutes if they're really large chicken breasts), then turn off the heat and cover with a lid. Allow to cool - keep the pan covered so the chicken cooks through. When cool, shred and set aside.
  • To make the dressing, heat oil in a small saucepan then add spring onions, ginger and garlic. Cook for a few minutes until aromatic.
  • Add sugar and cook for another 2 minutes. Add soy sauce, vinegar and chilli bean sauce and cook long enough to heat through. The extra dressing can be stored in the fridge for a month.
  • Bring a pot of water to the boil and cook egg noodles according to packet instructions - about 1-2 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  • Combine chicken, egg noodles, cucumber, cabbage, spring onion and coriander leaves in a large bowl. Add 4-5 tablespoons of the dressing and mix through - I've found that using your fingers is the best way to toss all the ingredients evenly.
  • Garnish with fried shallots, sliced chilli and chilli oil.

Filed Under: Asian Tagged With: healthy, supernormal

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Hi, I’m Tash

My life revolves around deciding what my next meal will be and there's nothing I love more than sharing my recipes. Restaurant reviewer and ex-Masterchef Australia contestant. Avid kitchen gadget collector, recipe book hoarder and only a tiny bit crazy cat lady. Read More…

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