Bang Bang Chicken

I came I came upon this Bang Bang Chicken with Noodles dish unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago and it was just DELICIOUS. It blew my culinary socks off to be honest and I knew I would have to find out how to make it straight away.

Bang Bang Chicken and Noodles

As I looked into what I needed to replicate this incredible chicken noodle dish, I realised it was actually very simple to make especially with a couple of short cuts. What an absolute beaut of a recipe…..

I wanted to keep it with as few ingredients as possible just to make it super easy for a mid week meal when mojo is low and you want to kill the kids. Especially at the moment……. I am still unable to move about much due to my back refusing to take any responsibility whatsoever for my mobility. It went early one morning an hour before I had to get my daughter to choir practice for 8 a.m, make a school pack up, breakfast for three, and the real biggy, produce a full Roman Soldier outfit for my son to take part in a cat walk show at school that afternoon………I’m not joking…….

I can’t tell you the feeling of doom that settled around me as I realised the task at hand………Sometimes I can achieve huge amounts first thing. On those days I feel like Nanny Mcphee on crack  ………But today I was feeling more like I had cracked…….. My kids revert to  two year olds most school mornings and this was no exception. I remained profoundly bent at the waist, unable to straighten and unable to stay on my feet for more than five mins at a time as I stooped, crawled and frantically hacked away at bed sheets, shouted orders/threats and rooted through upturned boxes in the  attic…….for the love of God I could have wept a puddle……….but somehow I pulled it off people. I went through two bed sheets and my dignity to do it but as the clock ticked it’s final minutes down to the school run I did indeed find myself broken and twisted but at the front door with only one child complete with sh.t but half passable costume in carrier bag and the right shoes on the right feet…….I should be Prime Minister…….

Bang Bang Chicken with Noodles Recipe

This is, of course, an Asian dish in origin but I’m not sure how authentic it is. Of course you can play around with the flavours in the sauce to suit your own tastes. These are the flavours that I love in Asian food so they are the ones that went in but I would think some ginger and actual chillies would work well. I am not very good with heat and I don’t like ginger in savoury dishes so mine is without, relying instead upon the sweet chilli sauce for some heat. I feel that the real star of the sauce here is the coriander. I just deeply love the stuff. It always seems to transport me far away from my little suburban life for a glorious five minutes or so. For those five minutes I am petit, pert and sitting on a white sandy beach in a bikini with a Mojito.

Another bonus to this bang bang chicken dish is that you can also make it Low Carb and replace the egg noodles with courgette or carrot spiralized “noodles”. The sauce is sooo good here that it will be delicious with or without the carbohydrates. It can just about carry anything.

It is as simple as whizzing the sauce ingredients together in a food processor.

Bang Bang Chicken Sauce

I then coat the chicken in mayonnaise before dunking them in panko breadcrumbs. I find panko breadcrumbs are brilliant for getting a better crispy result. Baking the chicken does not get as crispy a finish as frying but obviously it’s a  healthier and simpler option. The last thing I am looking to do at the end of a long day is clear up cooking oil.

Chicken Breast in Panko Crumb

I use the cooked egg noodles for complete ease. All they need is warming through in the sauce. So easy it’s crazy. I slice up the chicken after baking and place about three slices on the sauced noodles followed by a scattering of coriander. I like to add the fresh egg noodles because I find them really quick and actually much nicer than dried. About 100 grams per person and a bit more but packets tend to come in packets for two people anyway. I simply heat the sauce in a saucepan gently and then tip in the noodles. I make sure the noodles are well covered before putting in bowls and topping with the sliced chicken and coriander. This Bang Bang chicken dish  will absolutely blow you away. I can’t get enough of the stuff midweek or weekend. I just want bowls and bowls of it.

I also think that this could be a perfect dish for any left over chicken or turkey. It doesn’t have to be bread crumbed to go on the top. This is the sort of dish that can carry whatever you want it to, be it left over chicken, fish or just with some green vegetables. I can imagine this being very good with some charred tender stem broccoli and asparagus.

It is very easy to reproduce this as a Vegan Satay Noodle dish too if you use vegetables instead of chicken and rice noodles instead of the egg noodles.

I have baked the chicken a day before too and carefully reheated the next evening making this dish so easy to throw together for a girly evening. With just a whizz of the sauce ingredients and a slipping out of the packet for the noodles I’m there….

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Bang Bang Chicken

This easy recipe for Bang Bang Chicken with Noodles is just delicious. Transport yourself to a beach in Thailand midweek without any fuss at all.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Keyword Bang Bang Chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 711 kcal

Author applytofaceblog

Ingredients

• 5 tbsps crunchy peanut butter heaped
• 1 medium lime juice
• 4 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 20 grams fresh coriander stalks included
• 3 tbsp ground nut oil
• 4 tbsp water
• 1/2 tbsp soy
• 3 large chicken breasts
• 4 tbsps mayonnaise
• 1 packet panko breadcrumbs
• 500 grams egg noodles

Metric - U S Customary

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 C. Place two bowls out and fill them with the mayo and half of the panko crumbs. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper or a liner. I use Bake o Glide.

2. Cover the chicken breasts with mayo and then dip them in the panko crumbs. Try to cover well. I scrunch some of the panko crumbs finer with my hands to ensure an even coverage.

3. Place on the baking tray and bake for about 20 mins or until the chicken reaches 75 C in the middle. I do have a thermometer but personally I just cut into the breast meat to check it is cooked.

4. Whilst the chicken is cooking place all the ingredients apart from the noodles into the food processor and blitz until all is smooth. You may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Taste and season with salt to taste.

5. Put to one side until the chicken is taken from the oven. Tip the sauce into a saucepan and heat gently before tipping the noodles in and mixing it all together to coat the noodles well. If you feel the mixture is still too thock then add a few more tbsps of water.

6. To serve I slice the chicken breasts up and place three pieces on top of the noodles with some coriander scattered on top. I tend to serve this dish in flat bowls but normal plates are fine too.

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Nutrition Facts

Bang Bang Chicken

Amount Per Serving

Calories 711 Calories from Fat 333

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 37g 57%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Cholesterol 150mg 50%

Sodium 559mg 23%

Potassium 847mg 24%

Total Carbohydrates 46g 15%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 11g

Protein 47g 94%

Vitamin A 8.3%

Vitamin C 10%

Calcium 4.4%

Iron 10.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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