Spicy Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry

⏱ 35 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🌶 chinese 🏷 Chicken

This Chinese-inspired stir-fry combines minced chicken with hokkien noodles in a flavourful sauce made from soy, ketjap manis, oyster sauce and sambal oelek. Snow peas add a fresh crunch, and it's all ready in just 35 minutes. Serve with lemon or lime wedges for a bright, zesty finish.

Spicy Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon ketjap manis (your own or <a href="https://www.food.com/recipe/ketjap-manis-39318/">Ketjap Manis</a>)
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon sambal oelek (your own or <a href="https://www.food.com/recipe/sambal-oelek-47589">Sambal Oelek</a>)
  • 440 g hokkien noodles
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1/2 red onion, cut into fine wedges
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 300 -400 g minced chicken
  • 6 snow peas, shredded
  • lemon wedges or lime wedge, to serve

Method

  1. Combine the soy sauce, ketjap manis, oyster sauce, chicken stock and sambal oelek in a bowl, whisking them together.
  2. Leave this sauce mixture to one side.
  3. Put the hokkien noodles into a separate bowl and cover them with boiling water, using tongs to separate the strands gently.
  4. Drain the noodles thoroughly.
  5. Meanwhile, warm the vegetable oil in a wok or a large non-stick frying pan and cook the red onion and garlic until they begin to soften.
  6. Introduce the minced chicken to the wok, stir-frying and breaking it up until it is nearly cooked through, adding a little more oil if necessary.
  7. Next, pour the prepared sauce into the wok along with the snow peas, adding a splash more stock if the mixture seems dry.
  8. Stir everything to combine well, allow it to cook for a short time, then check the seasoning.
  9. Add the drained noodles to the wok and toss them gently with the other ingredients.
  10. Divide the stir-fry among individual bowls and accompany with wedges of lemon or lime.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium728800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryChicken
Cuisinechinese
AuthorJewelies