Chicken, Red Pepper and Soy Noodle Stir Fry

  • Serves : 2
  • Type : Main Course

Quick, fresh, and full of flavor — Marcus Bean’s chicken noodle stir-fry combines tender marinated chicken, crisp veggies, and aromatic spices for a delicious dish in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 250g Chicken breast (or breast fillets) 
  • 2-3 tbsps Groundnut oil (or other cooking oil) 
  • 2 tsps Cornflour 
  • 3 tbsps Kikkoman’s Japanese soy sauce 
  • 1 tsps Sesame oil 
  • 3 Garlic cloves, roughly chopped 
  • Thumb sized piece Ginger, peeled and finely sliced 
  • 3 Spring onions, sliced (green parts separated from the white) 
  • ½ Red pepper, sliced in to match sticks 
  • ½ Medium red chilli (seeds in if you like it hot, seeds out if you don’t!) 
  • 3 tbsp Rice wine (Use mirin if you don’t want any alcohol) 
  • 3 tbsp Soy sauce 
  • 2 nests Medium egg noodles 
  • 2 tsps Sesame oil 
  • Sprinkle Black sesame seeds to finish 

Method

  1. Put a pan of water on to boil for the noodles.
  2. Whilst you are waiting for the water to boil mix the corn flour, soy sauce and sesame in a bowl.
  3. Slice the chicken into strips then mix into the marinade ensuring it is well coated and set aside.
  4. When the water is boiling cook your noodles, once cooked drain and refresh under cold water and set aside to drain.
  5. Slice and prepare the red pepper & spring onion set aside and have ready, make sure you have the garlic, ginger and chilli to hand so everything is ready to go.
  6. Warm a wok or large sauté pan until smoking.
  7. Add 1tbsp of oil and stir fry the chicken for 1 minute very quickly until caramelized & browned.
  8. Take out the chicken, put into a bowl and keep warm.
  9. Quickly wipe out the pan and reheat until smoking.
  10. Add 1-2 tbsp oil then fry off the chilli, garlic and ginger until aromatic.
  11. Then add the pepper and the white parts of the spring onion, stir fry again for minute.
  12. Then add the noodles, sir fry for 1 minute.
  13. Then add the rice wine and soy sauce and cook for 30 seconds.
  14. Add the chicken and the green parts of the spring onion, stir fry for 30 seconds to reheat, add the teaspoon of sesame oil and finish with a sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds.

By | 24 September 2025