Bang Bang Chicken noodle salad

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Bang bang chicken noodle salad
Bang bang chicken noodle salad

Another easy tasty meal, this is Louise Fulton Keats “Bang bang chicken” Recipe from her Something for Everyone cookbook. Steamed chicken in Varoma 20 mins, Varoma temp, speed 2. Made sauce by blitzing tahini, peanut butter, soy sauce, sherry vinegar, ginger and sesame oil and water to thin. Used water from steaming chicken in bowl to soften the noodles for a couple minutes. Assembled noodles, chicken, vegetables  in serving dish, topped with the yummy sauce and chopped coriander.

Here’s a similar recipe from Taste.com

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/20254/bang+bang+chicken

Sesame sauce ( blitz in processor or thermomix )

  •  130g (1/2 cup) Smooth Peanut Butter
  •  60ml (1/4 cup) light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  •  1 teaspoon sesame oil
  •  1-1 1/2 teaspoons chilli oil ( could use chilli sauce)
  •  60ml (1/4 cup) warm water
  • 2cm ginger

Why is it called bang bang chicken? Ex cookipedia

…”If you’re wondering, bang!, bang! is the noise of the wooden mallet made by the street vendors in chinese markets, traditionally used to flatten cooked chicken to make it easier to shred for this dish”…

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