Asian Chicken over Noodles

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8 servings (serving size: about 1 1/3 cups)
By Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
January 2004
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Stewing a whole chicken in a soy sauce-based broth yields a juicy, flavorful bird. In this recipe, you serve the meat over cellophane noodles with crisp cucumbers. You could instead serve the chicken with its cooking liquid as a dipping sauce.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup sake (rice wine)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (1/4-inch) slices peeled fresh ginger
  • 1 whole garlic head, cloves separated, crushed, and peeled
  • 1 (3 1/2-pound) whole chicken, skinned
  • 4 ounces cooked bean threads (cellophane noodles)
  • 2 cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced (about 2 1/2 cups)
  • 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
  • 1/4 cup chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 220
  • Caloriesfromfat 27%
  • Fat 6.6g
  • Satfat 1.5g
  • Monofat 2.7g
  • Polyfat 1.7g
  • Protein 19.1g
  • Carbohydrate 18.8g
  • Fiber 0.8g
  • Cholesterol 48mg
  • Iron 1.1mg
  • Sodium 1005mg
  • Calcium 25mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Combine soy sauce, water, and next 4 ingredients (water through garlic) in a large Dutch oven, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; cover and steep for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Add chicken, breast-side down; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes, turning chicken every 15 minutes.

Step 3

Remove from heat; let chicken stand, breast-side down, for 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a cutting board, reserving cooking liquid; cool completely. Strain cooking liquid through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Return liquid to pot; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 3/4 cup (about 15 minutes).

Step 4

Remove chicken from bones, and cut meat into bite-sized pieces. Discard the bones. Place noodles on a platter, and top with chicken, cucumbers, green onions, and peanuts. Drizzle with the reserved cooking liquid. Serve immediately.

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Ratings & Reviews

Sizzlin review

stellacorona
March 22, 2015
Good recipe, but would add may add additional vegetables next time- maybe even tofu.  Agree that the cucumbers didn't add that much flavor.  Time consuming.

stellacorona's Review

Sizzlin
December 28, 2012
this is an awesome dish! great for company! i have been making this since the recipe first came out, and it's one i follow the directions exactly. it is time consuming, but if you plan ahead it works out fine. stellacorona

Belladonna714's Review

Belladonna714
May 08, 2012
This recipe takes a long time to prep so its not good for a quick weeknight meal. However, the end result is worth the time, it's delicious!!! I left out the peanuts because I do not care for them, and next time would leave out the cucumbers as well for the same reason, not to mention I'm not sure it really added any dimension to the dish. I would definitely make this again the next time my supermarket has whole chicken on special!