[Chilled Udon with Sweet-and-spicy Chicken and Spinach]
Source: Gourmet
Here, you get an entire meal with a single, 45-minute recipe. Udon, Japanese wheat noodles with a chewy, stretchy texture, are available dried in the Asian food section of most supermarkets (along with mirin and chile paste with garlic) or fresh in the produce section. Sliced pineapple or mango sorbet would be an ideal dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons fresh ginger finely grated
- 1 ½ lbs boneless chicken breast halves
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup Japanese rice wine
- 1 teaspoon chile paste with garlic
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 12 ounces dried or 16 oz fresh udon noodles
- 6 cups baby spinach, coarse stems discarded
- Garnish: julienne scallions and toasted sesame seeds
Directions
1. Press or squeeze ginger using a fine sieve or cheesecloth until enough juice is extracted to measure 1 tablespoon. |
2. Heat a well-seasoned large ridged grill pan over high heat until hot. Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Mix together soy sauce, mirin, ginger juice, chile paste, and sesame oil. Set aside 1/2 cup of soy mixture and toss remainder with chicken. |
3. Grill chicken until just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes on each side. When cool enough to handle, tear into bite-size pieces. |
4. If using dried noodles, cook in a large pot of boiling water until al dente, about 12 minutes. Stir in spinach during last minute of cooking. (If using fresh udon, add noodles and spinach simultaneously to boiling water and cook 10 to 20 seconds total.) Drain noodles and spinach and trans-fer to a bowl of ice and cold water. When cold, drain well in a colander. |
5. Toss noodles and spinach with reserved soy mixture in a large bowl. |
6. Serve noodles and spinach topped with chicken. |
7. Cooks note: |
8. • Chicken can be grilled on an outdoor grill. |
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