Ingredients
1 tsp sesame oil
1 cup salt-reduced soy sauce
1 tbsp shao xing wine or dry sherry
optional
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 cloves garlic
crushed
500g skinless, boneless chicken thighs
rice vermicelli noodles
to serve
1 cup chicken stock
1 small knob (30-40g) fresh ginger
peeled and finely sliced into matchsticks
oil spray
2 cups (250g) sugar snap peas
4 large spring onions
sliced
2 tsp sesame seeds
toasted
coriander leaves
for garnish
Equipment
- 1 Large non-stick frying pan
- 1 Small saucepan
- 1 Toothpicks
- 1 Oven
Instructions
- Combine marinade ingredients (sesame oil, soy sauce, shao xing wine/sherry, maple syrup, garlic) together and pour over chicken thighs.
- Cover and pop into the fridge to marinate for 15 minutes (but if you’ve got more time, give it 2 or more hours).
- Cook noodles according to the pack instructions. Drain, and keep warm.
- Place stock and ginger into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and keep warm, allowing the ginger to infuse.
- Heat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced.
- Roll each chicken thigh and secure with a toothpick or two.
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan on medium, spray lightly with oil. Add chicken thighs and cook for 1 minute per side.
- Place the chicken in the oven for 12 minutes.
- While chicken is cooking, bring ginger stock back to the boil.
- Add sugar snap peas and cook for 1 minute before adding spring onions. Simmer for 1 minute.
- Remove vegetables and serve with chicken and noodles with a sprinkling of sesame seeds and coriander leaves. Spoon over a little of the ginger stock.
Notes
Tip
Toast sesame seeds by placing them in a small frying pan, heating on low and gently cooking them until they’re golden and fragrant. Keep an eye on them though as they burn easily.
Tip
I cook the chicken in the oven because the sauce has sugar in it which burns easily. It’s very difficult to cook the chicken properly, keeping it cooked but moist without it burning the outside when done on the stovetop.
Variation
You can replace the sugar snap peas with any vegetable you like – other great options are green beans, sliced broccolini, zucchini or bok choy.
