Sesame Noodles with Shredded Chicken

Name: Sesame Noodles with Shredded Chicken
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Asia, Chinese
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, sesame seeds; 1/4 cup, chunky peanut butter; 2 medium cloves, garlic, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 teaspoons); 1 tablespoon, minced fresh ginger; 5 tablespoons, soy sauce; 2 tablespoons, rice vinegar; 1 teaspoon, hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco); 2 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; , water (hot); 1 1/2 pounds, boneless, skinless chicken breast halves; 1 tablespoon, table salt; 1 pound, fresh Asian noodles or 12 ounces dried spaghetti; 2 tablespoons, toasted sesame oil; 4 , scallions, sliced thin on diagonal; 1 , medium carrot, grated

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2004, America's Test Kitchen TV

Main Courses

Asia

Chinese

Pasta, Grains, Rice & Beans

Poultry

Pasta

Chicken

We wanted to achieve perfectly cooked noodles in a rich peanut sauce.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To avoid pitfalls like gummy noodles and bland, pasty sauce, we rinsed the cooked noodles to rid them of excess starch. We wanted a full, flavorful sauce and found that chunky peanut butter ground freshly into the sauce with toasted sesame ...

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