Hi guys!
Today I’m sharing amazing soba recipe with delicious creamy spicy sesame dressing!!
Creamy Chicken Soba Noodles!
One day, I made a large batch of my creamy sesame dressing for us to eat throughout the week. And the same night, I was playing in my kitchen and having fun and just made this with all the ingredients I had in my refrigerator. …and I thought, instead of making a brand new sauce, why not use my creamy sesame dressing on this? So I did, and it turned out Amazing!!
New recipe has born, creamy chicken soba noodles!
So, I had to share with you all that night throughout my Snapchat (@TheSeon), Instagram (@SeonkyoungLongest) and Facebook!
And then I received tons and tons of request from you guys, of course, the recipe.
So here it is! I’m sharing the recipe with you all, it is so rustic, hearty and warm dish you’ve got to try!!
How I cooked the chicken is the bomb.com!!
In Vietnamese cuisine, they do this technique when they make caramelized pork, shrimp, catfish or etc.
It gives amazing smokey and caramel flavor, none of brown sugar can give and also brown the thin sliced chicken real quick, so you don’t have to worry about overcooked chicken or perfectly cooked but then white looking chicken pieces.
Oh, yeah, you can thank me later! 😉
Any type of green vegetables will work amazingly, and my favorite is broccoli and bok choy for this recipe! I love the mixture of crunch, leafy vegetables.
This recipe is perfect for potluck, lunch for your weekdays or quick weeknight meal!
Hope you give this creamy chicken soba noodles recipe a try one day, sometime soon (wink, wink!)!
Soba and Chicken with Creamy Spicy Sesame Dressing
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Ingredients
For the Creamy Spicy Sesame Dressing
- 2 Tbs. tahini
- 3 Tbs. mayonnaise (possibly Japanese Kewpiebrand)
- 2 Tbs. soy sauce
- 2 Tbs. honey
- 2 Tbs. sesame oil
- 1 Tbs. rice vinegar
- 1 Tbs. sesame seeds, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup dashi stock (you can substitute to chicken stock)
- 2 Tbs. sambal
- 2 tsp. chopped garlic
For the Vegetables & Soba
- 6 oz. broccoli
- 10 oz. baby bok choy
- 1 shallot
- 1 Tbs. salt
- 2 bundles soba
For the Chicken
- 1 boneless & skinless chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1 Tbs. cooking oil
- 1 tsp. sugar
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add all ingredients for creamy spicy sesame dressing and mix well with a whisk. Set aside.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil. Meanwhile, wash and cut broccoli and bok choy into bite sizes and slice shallot thinly.
- Into boiling water, add 1 Tbs. salt and add soba. Cook soba following directions of package you are using. During last minute of cooking soba, add broccoli and bok choy into boiling water. Cook all of them together for 1 minute.
- When soba and vegetables are cooked, drain and rinse under cold water to stop cooking process and get rid of starch from soba. Drain well, set aside.
- Slice chicken about 1/4-inch thin and season with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. black pepper.
- Heat a large skillet- such as cast iron pan over medium high heat; add cooking oil and sprinkle sugar evenly. Let sugar caramelize and dark brown, about 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn too much. Swirl pan as needed.
- Place chicken slices on skillet where caramel is on bottom. Cook chicken 2 minutes and flip over, cook another minute and add sliced shallot. Sauté all together about 30 to 45 second.
- Pour dressing we made earlier (make sure whisk right before you pour into skillet, honey is probably sinked in bottom of mixing bowl) and stir. Bring dressing to a light simmer then reduce heat to low and add drained soba and vegetables.
- Toss everything together until soba and vegetables are coated evenly with sauce. Remove from heat and sprinkle extra sesame seeds for garnish.
Serve immediately, enjoy!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
21 comments
Hi Seonkyoung,
If we don’t have Sambal available can we use Gochujang instead?
Hi, Lisa!
I made this recipe a few days ago and had run out of all hot sauces and even chilli flakes! I only had gochugaru so I used that for a little bit of heat. The recipe turned out really tasty! In fact, I’m making it again for dinner. So I think that you could also use gochujang or whatever spicy thing you have on hand in this.
Gochujang is much more salty and sweet than sambal, so many just fresh chili would work better. 🙂
Yes, Lisa! you can use Gochujang, but since Gochujang is salty, reduce the soy sauce amount! 🙂
Thank you Seonkyoung for the advice. I always use low sodium soy sauce and even try to reduce any salt amounts in most recipes I do. We love Korean dishes, but high blood pressure within the family require lower sodium intake. Keep bringing us your recipes. We love them!
Just wondering where you get that “sambal” phrase as it is an indonesian languange. Hey, love from indonesia.
P.s : there’s a lot type of “sambal” here. If you come to Indonesia, please dont surprise when you see and taste a lot different of sambal
Oh, sambal is everywhere in U.S! 😀 The one most popular, (or should I say common one) in U.S is without shrimp paste, just chili, garlic and other seasoning. 🙂
Looks like I just found the recipe I was looking for. Can´t wait to try it out. Think I will try it on my own family before serving for 50 😉
WHOOA! 50 portions of this recipe?! You are amazing!! Good luck and hope it turns out deliciously!!! Xoxo
Thank you 🙂 Tested it on my family and we all loved it <3
Hi Seonkyoung, could I make a big batch of he sauce and keep it in the fridge for later use?
Yes, you can! It will last about 7days!
Thank you!!! 💕 Lots of love from Singapore
Hi Seonkyoung,
I have a quick question, does Tahini expire? Once open, do you store it in the refrigerator or room temperature place? Thank you
I made this today and it is DELICIOUS ! Hands-down favorite soba recipe. Good balance of savory, spicy and creamy. SO GOOD ! Going to try out the Thai basil Fried rice recipe next.
Hi! So excited to try this but can’t eat mayo. What can i use as a sub?
Thank you!
Vegan Mayo, or Greek yogurt should be just fine(:
Hello, is there a sub for the mayo? We are allergic to eggs. So excited to ttry this!
You can use Vegan Mayo or Greek Yogurt instead.
Hi! Just wanted to say that me and my partner stumbled upon this recipe a few months ago and we’ve made it several times since. We love it! Can’t wait to make it for our families. We will have to check out some of your other recipes. Thanks!
Hope you find my other recipes just as helpful (: