Steamed Chicken Breast

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 2 | Cook: 45min
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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

  1. 1.

    Wash the orange hot, dry it and peel the skin very thinly with a vegetable peeler.

  2. 2.

    Cut the peel into very thin strips.

  3. 3.

    Squeeze the orange to collect the juice in a bowl.

  4. 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.

  5. 5.

    Mix the noodles and orange peel with sesame oil.

  6. 6.

    Trim, wash, and slice spring onions diagonally into as thin slices as possible.

  7. 7.

    Rinse sprouts under cold running water or soak briefly, then drain well.

  8. 8.

    Combine onions and sprouts with the noodles, season everything with soy sauce, pepper and orange juice to taste. Let rest for 30 minutes.

  9. 9.

    Meanwhile roast sesame seeds in a pan, remove, let cool and crush with a pinch of salt in a mortar.

  10. 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.

  11. 11.

    Remove the chicken, slice into strips, arrange on top of the noodle salad and sprinkle with sesame salt before serving.