Steamed Chicken Breast
Steamed chicken breast on soba noodle salad with sprouts: steaming preserves delicate textures and subtle flavors while saving fat.
Ingredients
- 1 Organic Orange
- 125 g soba noodles (Japanese buckwheat noodles)
- Sea salt
- 1 tsp sesame oil (+ a little for the steamer basket)
- 2 Spring Onions
- 60 g sprout mix
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- black pepper
- 2 tbsp unpeeled sesame seeds
- 320 g chicken breast fillet (2 chicken breast fillets)
Instructions
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1.
Wash the orange hot, dry it and peel the skin very thinly with a vegetable peeler.
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2.
Cut the peel into very thin strips.
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3.
Squeeze the orange to collect the juice in a bowl.
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4.
Cook the noodles according to package instructions in salted water. Add the orange peel 30 seconds before the end of cooking, then drain and rinse with cold water.
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5.
Mix the noodles and orange peel with sesame oil.
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6.
Trim, wash, and slice spring onions diagonally into as thin slices as possible.
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Rinse sprouts under cold running water or soak briefly, then drain well.
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8.
Combine onions and sprouts with the noodles, season everything with soy sauce, pepper and orange juice to taste. Let rest for 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile roast sesame seeds in a pan, remove, let cool and crush with a pinch of salt in a mortar.
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10.
Wash chicken breasts, pat dry and place them in a lightly oiled steamer basket. Set the basket in a pot with hot water so that the meat stays dry, cover and steam over medium heat for 15 minutes.
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11.
Remove the chicken, slice into strips, arrange on top of the noodle salad and sprinkle with sesame salt before serving.