Ingredients

  • 250 g chicken breasts, trimmed of fat and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon plain flour
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons ginger paste
  • 100 g mange-touts peas, chopped
  • 100 g baby sweetcorn, chopped
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 50 g shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/2 red pepper, sliced thinly
  • 1/2 yellow pepper, sliced thinly
  • 225 g bamboo shoots
  • 225 g water chestnuts
  • 50 g bok choy, shredded
  • 50 g bean sprouts
  • 2 tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted peanuts, crushed
  • 1 vegetable stock cube
  • 1 tablespoon sherry wine
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon tomato puree
  • 1 teaspoon crushed dried red chili
  • 100 ml water
  • 150 ml Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 125 g udon noodles or 125 g rice noodles

Method

  • Mix the chicken with half the sesame oil, flour, half the soy sauce and half the ginger paste and leave to marinade as long as possible (overnight if you can).
  • Combine the remainder of the soy sauce, stock cube, sherry, vinegar, tomato puree, dried chilli, water and lemon juice in a jug.
  • Fry the chicken until brown then set aside.
  • Stir fry the onion, mange tout, baby sweetcorn and red and yellow peppers with the rest of the sesame oil and ginger paste for 2-3 minute.
  • Add half the carrot, the bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and stir fry for a further 2 minute.
  • Add the chinese leaves and half the beansprouts.
  • Add the sauce mix from the jug and the thai sweet chilli sauce and mix well.
  • While you are stir-frying, boil the noodles in a pan of water (usually about 5 min).
  • Drain the noodles and add to your stir fry and mix well.
  • Serve in bowls and garnish with the remainder raw carrot and beansprouts and the coriander and peanuts.