Chicken Skewers with Fiery Noodle Salad

This chicken skewers with fiery noodle salad recipe came from Jaime Oliver’s 30-Minute Meals cookbook. The first time that you make it it may take you more than 30 minutes to prepare, but let me tell you, it’s WELL worth the effort. My entire family LOVED this meal, and I hope yours does too. 🙂

Enjoy!

Nicole

Chicken Skewers with Fiery Noodle Salad

Ingredients:

For the Satay
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Cilantro
1 fresh red chilli (omit for a kid friendly meal)
½ clove garlic
3 heaped tbsp crunchy peanut butter
Soy sauce
2cm piece ginger
2 lemons

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For the Chicken
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4 chicken breasts sliced
Honey
wooden skewers soaked for an hour

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For the Noodles
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250g dried medium noodles you can use brown rice or 100% buckwheat or regular rice noodles
1/3 cup unsalted raw cashews
Sesame seeds
½ red onion
1 fresh red chilli
Cilantro
1-2 tbsp soy sauce
1 lemon
1 tsp sesame sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp runny honey
Romaine leaves to serve

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Instructions:

For the Satay
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Put in a food processor, the cilantro, garlic, peanut butter, soy sauce, ginger (peeled), grated rind of 2 lemons, juice from 1 lemon.
Process and add a little water.
Season.
Place half in a bowl.

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For the Chicken
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Thread chicken on to skewers
Place the rest of the satay sauce into a roasting dish.
Add the chicken and rub the flavour into the meat.
Place on the top shelf of the oven under the grill for 8-10 minutes on each side.
Drizzle with a little honey and place back under the grill for a few minutes.

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For the Salad
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Put the noodles into a large bowl and cover with boiling water or as per instructions on package
Leave to soak for 6 minutes.
Put a pan on the heat.
Bash up the cashew nuts and add to the pan to toast.
Peel the onion and place in a processor with the chilli and coriander. Pulse.
Place in a large bowl with 1-2 tbsp soya sauce and a little olive oil.
Add the juice of 1 lemon, the sesame oil and fish sauce.
Season and add the cooked and drained noodles.
Toss the cashews in the pan with some sesame seeds and 1 tsp honey.
Once golden, add to the bowl with some more cilantro leaves.

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