Coconut Poached Chicken with Vermicelli Noodles

Coconut Poached Chicken with Vermicelli Noodles

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 1
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, December 10, 2017.
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Be sure to keep leftover poaching liquid. It can be frozen and used for a base to a laksa or Thai red curry.

Ingredients

Coconut-Poached Chicken

  • 1 can coconut milk
  • ¼ cup water
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon coriander leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 150g chicken breast

Vermicelli Noodles

  • 50g vermicelli noodles
  • ½ Lebanese cucumber
  • 1/3 bag baby spinach
  • ½ courgette
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves, roughly chopped
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce

To Serve

  • 1 tablespoon coconut thread
  • 1 tablespoon crispy shallots

Steps

  1. Bring a half-full kettle to the boil. Pat chicken dry. Place all coconut-poached chicken ingredients in a small pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, reduce temperature to low and gently simmer for 1 minute. Cover, turn off heat and leave for 17 minutes. The residual heat will cook chicken through. Reserve ½ cup of cooking liquid for salad.
  2. While chicken cooks, place noodles in a heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Use a fork to separate strands, leave for 5 minutes then drain. Use scissors to cut noodles in a few places.
  3. While noodles cook, heat a small, dry pan on medium heat. Add coconut thread and crispy shallots, cook for about 1 minute until coconut is toasted and brown. Take care not to burn. Set aside and allow to cool.
  4. Dice cucumber 1cm, roughly chop spinach and grate courgette. Add to a medium bowl, along with coriander, lime juice, fish sauce, vermicelli noodles and reserved cooking liquid. Season to taste.
  5. Slice chicken thinly against the grain.
  6. To serve, place vermicelli noodles in a bowl and top with coconut poached chicken. Sprinkle over coconut thread and crispy shallots.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2739 kj
655 kcal
Protein 38.3g
Carbohydrate 49.4g
Fat 33.8g