Chilled Udon with Sweet-and-Spicy Chicken and Spinach

Name: Chilled Udon with Sweet-and-Spicy Chicken and Spinach
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters baby spinach, coarse stems discarded; 1 teaspoon Asian chile paste with garlic; 59 milliliters mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine); 2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil; 4 servings Garnish: julienne scallions and toasted sesame seeds; 680 grams boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 79 milliliters soy sauce; 454 grams 12 oz dried or fresh udon noodles

Chilled Udon with Sweet-and-Spicy Chicken and Spinach might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 58g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 694 calories. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. A mixture of chicken breast halves, garnish: julienne scallions and sesame seeds, mirin, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the soy sauce you could follow this main course with the Lemon Cornmeal Cakes with Lapsang Souchong Chocolate Sauce as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Press or squeeze ginger using a fine sieve or cheesecloth until enough juice is extracted to measure 1 tablespoon.

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Ginger

Juice

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Cheesecloth

Sieve

Heat a well-seasoned large ridged grill pan over high heat until hot. Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

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Grill Pan

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.

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Ginger Juice

Chili Paste

Sesame Oil

Soy Sauce

Whole Chicken

Mirin

Grill chicken until just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes on each side. When cool enough to handle, tear into bite-size pieces.

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Whole Chicken

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Grill

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.)

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Pasta