Braised chicken noodles

Ingredients

• 1 pack Hakubaku Organic Udon noodles
• 4 chicken drumsticks
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 5g ginger, sliced
• 2 stalks spring onion
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 star anise
• 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Chinese cooking wine
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 4 cups water
• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms

Method

1. Heat oil in cooking pot and add ginger, garlic and sliced white part of spring onion, fry until aromatic
2. Add chicken drumsticks and brown on all sides.
3. Add soy sauce and cooking wine, turn the drumsticks to ‘glaze’ them.
4. Add water to cover the drumsticks, as well as rest of ingredients except noodles, egg, and green part of spring onion. Simmer for 30 mins.
5. When the chicken is almost done, cook udon noodles according to package instructions, and poach / coddle the eggs.
6. Rinse udon in cold water and distribute between 4 bowls. Spoon the braising liquid over it to just cover the noodles. Top each bowl with a drumstick, a shiitake mushroom, a poached / coddled egg, and sliced green part of the spring onion. Serve immediately.

Product used in recipe

• Hakubaku - Organic Udon Noodle