Chicken Ramen
Author: From Deliciously Simple by Jane Lovett, published by Headline Home, priced £26
Serves: 4
- 1 litre chicken stock
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp ginger purée
- 3-4 tbsp dark soy sauce (depending on the strength of the stock)
- dried chilli flakes, to taste
- 4 x 50g/55g nests dried egg/rice noodles
- 4 handfuls baby spinach leaves
- 400g (approx) cooked chicken, shredded
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally
- black and white sesame seeds, toasted
- 4 soft-boiled eggs (cooked for 6½ mins in boiling water, cooled in cold water), peeled and halved
- Put the stock in a saucepan with the garlic, ginger, 3 tbsp soy sauce and a small pinch of chilli flakes.
- Bring to a boil and simmer gently for 5 mins.
- Check the seasoning and adjust if need be – you may like to add more soy and/or chilli flakes.
- Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions, drain and divide between four warmed bowls, followed by a handful of spinach leaves in each.
- Bring the broth back to the boil and ladle into the bowls over the spinach.
- Top with the chicken, scatter over spring onions and toasted sesame seeds and arrange egg halves to one side of each bowl.
- Serve immediately – with napkins!
Recipe by appetite magazine at https://www.appetitemag.co.uk/chicken-ramen/
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