Sake-poached chicken with soba noodles

The chicken in this dish is lightly poached in sake, soy and sugar for an authentic Japanese flavour.

Recipe «Sake-poached chicken with soba noodles» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 20g dried shiitake mushrooms, 1/2 cup sake, 1/4 cup light soy sauce, 1 1/2 tsp caster sugar, 2 cups Massel chicken style liquid stock , 2 x 180g chicken breast fillets, 1 bunch bok choy or choy sum, 270g packet soba noodles , 150g enoki mushrooms, 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced.

Ingredients:

• 20g dried shiitake mushrooms 
• 1/2 cup sake 
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce 
• 1 1/2 tsp caster sugar 
• 2 cups Massel chicken style liquid stock 
• 2 x 180g chicken breast fillets 
• 1 bunch bok choy or choy sum 
• 270g packet soba noodles 
• 150g enoki mushrooms 
• 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced 

Instructions

1. Place the shiitake in a heatproof bowl and cover with 2 cups (500ml) hot water. Set aside for 5 minutes, then drain, reserving the mushroom liquid.
2. Place the sake, soy sauce, sugar, chicken stock and reserved mushroom liquid into a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken, return to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken over, add the bok choy and cook for a further 5-7 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken and bok choy from the saucepan, transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm.
3. Bring the broth back to a simmer. Add the noodles, enoki and shiitake. Cook for 7 minutes or until noodles are tender.
4. Use tongs to divide the noodles among bowls. Shred the chicken and top noodles with chicken, mushrooms, bok choy and sliced red chilli. Spoon poaching broth into bowls to serve.