Thai Style Chicken Noodles

Servings: 4 | Amount per Serving: 1/4

• Prep Time: 10mins
• Cook Time: 30min
• Total Time: 40min

Ingredients

• 1) 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2) 500g chicken, minced
• 3) 3 spring onions, sliced
• 4) 2 tablespoons red Thai curry paste
• 5) 100g sugar snap peas or mange tout
• 6) 200ml coconut milk
• 7) 150ml chicken stock
• 8) 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 9) 2 tablespoons tahini
• 10) 3-4 egg noodle nests
• 11) Sesame oil

For the Red Thai Curry Paste:

• 1) 5cm ginger, peeled
• 2) 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3) 1 shallot, peeled
• 4) 1 blade lemon grass, roughly chopped
• 5) 15g fresh coriander/cilantro
• 6) 2 tablespoons tomato purée
• 7) 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 8) 1 teaspoon cumin
• 9) 1 teaspoon coriander
• 10) 2 teaspoons honey
• 11) 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 12) Juice of 1 lime

Steps

For the Red Thai Curry Paste:

• 1) Add all the ingredients to a blender and blitz until smooth.

For the Pad Thai:

• 1) Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• 2) Add the garlic and cook until the garlic is golden, 2-3 minutes.
• 3) Add the spring onions and peas and cook for 5 minutes.
• 4) In the meantime, prepare the noodles in a separate pot.
• 5) Add in the chicken and cook for another five minutes.
• 6) Add the Thai paste, soy and tahini, stirring to mix well.
• 7) Add the chicken stock followed by the coconut milk to the chicken pan. Simmer for a minute then add the drained noodles.
  Stir so the noodles are combined with the chicken & it’s sauce.
• 8) Simmer for 2 minutes then serve.

Notes

• 1) Consider adding different kinds of vegetables such as bell pepper, mushroom, cabbage or carrot.
  Make sure to sautée these vegetables alongside the leeks at the beginning of the cooking process.
• 2) The lemongrass, coriander, lime juice, and tomato purée can be safely omitted from the paste.
• 3) Substitute shallots and spring onions for leeks.
• 4) Substitute sugar snap peas for regular peas.
• 5) Substitute honey for brown sugar.
• 6) Substitute tahini for peanut butter, keep in mind the flavor profile will be remarkably different.
• 7) Substitute the egg noodles for any kind of asian style noodles.
• 8) Sautée sliced almonds alongside the chicken for an additional crunch.