Bang bang chicken noodles

Serves 2

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breast
  • Dollop of peanut butter (100g)
  • Tbsp sweet chilli sauce
  • tsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsps seasame oil
  • Tbsp vegetable oil
  • Ribbon rice noodles
  • 1 cos lettuce
  • 1 carrot 
  • Small handful of toasted seasame seeds
  • 1 lime

Method

  1. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and add the chicken breasts
  2. Reduce to a gentle simmer and cook for about 10 minutes, until the chicken is cooked right through 
  3. Whisk the peanut butter, sweet chilli sauce, black pepper, sesame oil and vegetable oil together
  4. Wash and shred the lettuce, then peel and grate the carrot
  5. Bash the cooked chicken lightly with a rolling pin until it begins to shred, then rip it into strips along the natural breaks
  6. Heat a drop of vegetable oil in a pan and add the noodles. Once hot, stir through the chicken and pour in the sauce, then continue to cook until heated through.
  7. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir through the shredded lettuce, grated carrot and sesame seeds. 
  8. Squeeze over a little lime juice and serve, sprinkled with a few extra sesame seeds and finished with a wedge of lime.