Spicy sesame chicken noodle salad

Mellow sesame and spicy sichuan peppercorns combine fantastically in this quick chicken noodle dish.

Recipe «Spicy sesame chicken noodle salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 4 green onions, trimmed, 2 chicken breast fillets, 440g thin egg-style noodles, 1/2 tsp sichuan peppercorns, 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce , 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced diagonally .

Ingredients:

• 4 green onions, trimmed 
• 2 chicken breast fillets 
• 440g thin egg-style noodles 
• 1/2 tsp sichuan peppercorns 
• 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce 
• 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil 
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes 
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced diagonally 

Instructions

1. Cut 2 green onions into 4cm long pieces. Place onion and chicken in a medium saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 4 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through. Remove from heat. Stand chicken in cooking liquid for 6 minutes. Drain. Discard green onion.
2. When cool enough to handle, shred chicken. Place noodles in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with cold water. Using a fork, separate noodles. Drain well. Thinly slice remaining green onion. Using a mortar and pestle pound sichuan peppercorns.
3. Combine soy sauce, oil, chilli flakes and sichuan pepper in small bowl. Place chicken, onion and cucumber in a bowl. Drizzle over soy sauce mixture. Gently toss to combine. Serve.