Me and my son made chicken satay with Chinese style noodles the other day, turned out fantastic. This is the first proper meal he has cooked. I did any of the dangerous stuff, like pouring the boiling water etc, but he did the majority of the work himself. Well proud of him.
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts
kebab sticks or skewers
Marinade for the chicken
3 tbs peanut butter (I prefer crunchy, but any will do)
2 tbs honey
2 tbs soy sauce
good clug of lemon juice.
splash of sesame oil
chili flakes to taste
4 medium egg noodle nests
4 tbs of soy sauce
2 tbs of sesame oil
handful of chopped coriander
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
Chopped Chili, spring onions, corriander and peanuts to garnish
Method
The first thing to do is marinade the chicken, so stick all the marinade ingredients into a bowl and give them a proper mix. Now slice up the chicken breast into thin strips, about 6mm or 1/4″ thick. once all the chicken is sliced up throw in the marinade and give it a good mixing so all the chicken is covered. Now leave it to one side for about half and hour or so.
Next thing to do is to put the chicken onto the skewers, go in and out a few times, so the chicken is scrunched up on the skewer – stick as many pieces on each skewer as you want.
Stick the griddle on and get it up to temperature, I prefer to use a george foreman type grill, but any griddle type pan with the ridges will do. Once the pan is hot enough stick the chicken on.
While the chicken is cooking, boil up a kettle full of water.
Keep checking the chicken, turning over every once the chicken is cooked and you have some nice brown griddled ridges in there.
To cook the noodles, put the noodle nest in a large pan with a bit of salt, cover with boiling water and cook for around 4 to 5 minutes depending on the noodles. Once they are done, drain them thoroughly. Then put them back in the pan, and add the sesame oil – giving it a good stir so all the noodles are covered. Now throw in the sesame oil, coriander and Chinese 5 spice. Give it a full on mixing and put it to one side until the chicken is ready.
Once everything is done, divide the noodles up on 4 plates, sprinkle the garnishes over the top of them, and put a skewer or two of the chickens on top. Finish off with a splash of soy sauce and lime juice
Finally, sit down and enjoy.