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Malaysian-ish Noodles

Serves: 4

Notes

A recipe loosely based on the Malay dish, Mee Rebus.

Ingredients

• 400g pre-cooked Hokkein noodles
• 600g chicken thigh meat, skinned and cut in strips
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp Szechwan pepper
• 100g peanuts (or peanut butter, crunchy)
• 2 tsp minced ginger
• 2 tsp hot chilli sauce
• 2 tsp Malay curry powder
• 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped
• 250ml chicken stock
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp peanut oil
• Extra peanuts, finely chopped
• Coriander leaves

Method

Marinate chicken strips in sesame oil and Szechwan pepper for at least 20 minutes. Crush peanuts in a mortar (or food processor). Pound in ginger, curry powder, and chilli sauce. Cook this paste in oil with the chopped onion for three or four minutes. Add chicken stock and sugar. Cook for 10 minutes to allow flavours to develop. Simmer chicken in this sauce for 25 minutes, very gently. Make simple omelette by whisking eggs with a teaspoon water, cooking in oiled pan a couple of minutes on each side. Remove to plate or chopping board. Roll up and slice into strips. Blanch Hokkein noodles in boiling water, drain. An optional step is to make a peanut pesto by grinding 2 Tbsp peanuts with several cloves of garlic, finely chopped, chopped coriander leaves and a little peanut oil. Serve noodles, topped with chicken in sauce, extra chopped peanuts, coriander leaves and some peanut pesto.