ingredients

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Lemongrass marinade

• ✓1 shallot
• ✓4-5 garlic cloves
• ✓1 lemongrass stalk
• ✓Small knob of ginger
• ✓4 kaffir lime leaves
• ✓½ long red chilli
• ✓¼ cup (or 3 tbsp) soy sauce, salt reduced is great
• ✓1 tbsp sesame oil
• ✓3 tbsp fish sauce
• ✓Juice of 1 lime
• ✓4 large chicken breasts

Noodle salad

• ✓Vermicelli noodles
• ✓Carrot, snow peas, capsicum, cucumber and wombok, finely sliced
• ✓Sesame seeds, to top

Dressing

• ✓2 tbsp soy sauce
• ✓Sesame oil, fish sauce, lime juice and brown sugar, to taste

method

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1. 1

   Add the shallot, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves and chilli to a blender and blitz.

2. 2

   Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce and lime juice and blend again to a paste.

3. 3

   Coat the chicken in the marinade. If you're not cooking straight away, leave the lime out until just before cooking.

4. 4

   Cook the chicken in a hot frying pan until cooked through, then slice.

5. 5

   Cook the vermicelli according to packet instructions, then rinse under cold water and drain.

6. 6

   Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Toss the noodles and vegetables with the dressing.

7. 7

   Top with the sliced chicken and sesame seeds and serve.