Sesame Noodles with Chicken
Sesame Noodles with five spice chicken and pack-a-punch Sesame Dressing! These noodles are perfect for a takeout-style dinner without ordering a takeout!
Delicious takeout style Sesame Noodles with chicken and amazing soy sauce and sesame dressing. Serve cold or at room temperature, sesame noodles are easy to prepare and make a great lunch or dinner, without the wait for delivery.
Sesame noodles are also perfect make-ahead noodles as these benefit from hanging-out with dressing. In-fact, whenever I prepare these noodles, I pack two portions for next day's lunch. Tastes even better when kept out of refrigerator for 30 minutes before eating.
Sesame Noodles
Sesame Noodles is Chinese noodles preparation where thin (or medium) egg noodles are dressed in soy sauce and sesame oil based dressing. Often served cold, sesame noodles can also be served at room temperature or warm just after cooking.
What do you need for Sesame Noodles?
There are two parts to making delicious Cold Sesame Noodles:
- Egg Noodles
- Sesame Dressing
- Chicken - optional but recommended to make noodles a complete meal. I cooked Five Spice Chicken. (recipe included)
1. Egg Noodles
The secret of a delicious Sesame Noodles bowl is in noodles used. I recommend using egg noodles which make a huge difference flavor as compared to other dry-variety of pasta.
I used thin regular egg noodles (Angel Hair Noodles). If you can easily find thin or medium thick Chinese Egg Noodles, that will be my first choice for making Sesame Noodles.
Here's how I prepare noodles for Sesame Noodles:
- Cook noodles in salted water. For best results follow the package directions.
- Once cooked, drain and rinse noodles under cold water.
- Toss noodles with little bit sesame oil. Sesame oil enhance flavor and also prevent noodles from sticking together.
2. Sesame Dressing for Sesame Noodles
A flavorful Sesame Dressing is yet another key to delicious Sesame Noodles. I use a little bit of peanut butter along with sesame paste to enhance the nutty flavor of dressing. All ingredients are easy to find pantry ingredients.
If you can't find Chinese Sesame paste, use tahini paste (Mediterranean sesame paste). The flavor Chinese Sesame pastes has little different flavor than Tahini. But in this recipe, the addition of toasted sesame oil and seeds compensates for the difference. Flavor of dressing is the same Chinese Sesame Noodles you often order in takeout.
Dressing comes together in 5 minutes and needs minimal work. Just add all dressing ingredients to a bowl and whisk until peanut butter, sesame paste are blended well with oil, and soy sauce.
Note: If peanut butter resists mixing well, use a teaspoon warm water at a time until everything blends well and dressing has smooth consistency.
TIP: Sesame Dressing doubles easily. Use a double batch for extra-saucy Sesame Noodles. Dressing also works perfect as a dipping sauce. (hint hint)
3. Five Spice Chicken
Five Spice Chicken completes the recipe for cold sesame peanut noodles. Even though you can use regular cooked chicken, left-over chicken or even rotisserie chicken, I highly recommend trying my five-spice chicken recipe.
Hidden in this Sesame Noodles recipe, five-spice chicken is a delicious way to cooking chicken. Cook once, use any way to prefer.
To make Five Spice Chicken Breast, you need only 4 ingredients:
- Chinese Five Spice
- Chicken Breast
- Salt
- Olive Oil/Cooking Oil
Here's how I prepare chicken:
- Slice chicken breast length wise. Transfer chicken to a parchment paper. Sprinkle Five Spice and salt on top. Cover with another sheet of parchment and pound gently to flatten as much as you can (without breaking the chicken).
- Cook chicken in hot heavy-bottom pan until nice crust develops.
Once chicken is ready, let it rest while preparing rest. This time also helps chicken release and absorb back juices, making chicken juicy, moist and loaded with flavor.
Quick Cooking Tip:When in hurry, use boneless chicken, place in two layers of parchment, season it and then pound it to even 1/4 inch thickness. Pounded chicken cooks faster than whole chicken breast. Plus flavor of spices is blended into the chicken. This step saves at-least 5-7 minutes of cooking time.
5. Assembly!
You need a big mixing bowl to assemble noodles with dressing. I learned this from experience that a large bowl provides room to mix dressing and other seasonings with noodles and chicken way better than a smaller bowl.
The assembly is easy; with a few tips, here's how I assemble Sesame Noodles:
- Start with noodles at the bottom. (Noodles tossed with sesame oil.)
- Top with diced five spice chicken, and vegetables; cucumber, bean sprouts, snap peas(if using), radish and carrots.
- Pour Sesame Dressing on the top.
- Fold the dressing into the salad. For best results, use clean hand to massage the noodles with sesame dressing. Works best to evenly distribute sesame flavor in egg noodles.
- Rest 30 minute before serving - For best results, let noodles sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. This helps noodles get a big boost of sesame flavor from sesame paste, oil in dressing.
Note:The use of veggies is optional as the noodles alone taste great with sesame dressing. I add veggies for color, crunch, and to count for the daily serving of veggies; chicken for serving of protein.
Try this recipe and you will love how sesame pasta sauce transforms egg noodles to Chinese takeout noodles that we all love to order! It’s an easy recipe and a complete meal with amazing five spice chicken. Flavors speak for itself!
Happy Cooking! Savita x
Sesame Noodles with Chicken
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Ingredients
Five Spice Chicken (or use rotisserie chicken)Directions
- 1. Prepare Sesame Noodles: Cook noodles according to package direction. Once cooked, drain noodles, and rinse under cold water. Transfer to a wide, large salad bowl. Add sesame oil. Toss noodles in oil. Set aside. Additional Notes: If using snap peas, add peas to boiling noodles in last three minutes. Rinse and run through cold water along with noodles.
- 2. Prepare Five Spice Chicken: To cook chicken, start by heating a heavy bottom skillet. Slice chicken breast length wise. Transfer chicken to a parchment paper. Sprinkle Five Spice and salt on top. Cover with another sheet of parchment and pound gently to flatten as much as you can (without breaking the chicken). Additional Notes: Pounded chicken cooks faster than whole chicken breast. This step saves at-least 5-7 minutes of cooking.
- 3. Cook Five Spice Chicken: Swirl oil in hot cooking pan. Transfer pounded chicken breast in skillet. Let it cook undisturbed until bottom side is golden. Flip and cook other side until golden and chicken is fully cooked. Take out chicken on cutting board. Let rest. Dice to bite size pieces when ready to assemble.
- 4. Prepare Sesame Dressing: In a small bowl, add all seasme dressing ingredients. Whisk well until sugar is fully dissolved and tahini is mixed well with vinegar resulting in a consistent dressing. Additional Notes: See Note 1
- 5. Assemble and Serve: Add all sliced veggies into the bowl with noodles along with sprouts and diced cooked chicken. Drizzle dressing on top. Toss well so that noodles and chicken are well dressed in sesame dressing. Taste noodles and adjust salt. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds. Serve and enjoy! Additional Notes: For best results, I like to use hands and massage noodles in dressing. This ensures everything is well seasoned.
Savita's Notes:
- If peanut butter resists mixing well, use a teaspoon warm water at a time until everything blends well and dressing has smooth consistency.
- Sesame Dressing doubles easily. Use a double batch for extra-saucy Sesame Noodles. Dressing also works perfect as a dipping sauce.
- The use of veggies is optional as the noodles alone taste great with sesame dressing. I add veggies for color, crunch, and cover the daily serving of veggies; chicken for serving of protein.
- When in hurry, use boneless chicken, place in two layers of parchment, season it and then pound it to even 1/4 inch thickness. Pounded chicken cooks faster than whole chicken breast. Plus flavor of spices is blended into the chicken. This step saves at-least 5-7 minutes of cooking time.
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22 Responses
Gail
Loved the Sesame flavor! I used shrimp instead of chicken. I could not found bean sprouts.. still very delicious!Savita
Thanks. I'm glad you liked Sesame flavor!Bella
Where do you buy these chopsticks? I'm hosting an Asian Inspired dinner this weekend. Also thanks for the recipe.Savita
I used regular wooden chopsticks. Can't remember where I bought from but if you search for wooden chopsticks you will find it! These sell in set of 6 or 12.Martin H Harris
This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.Beth
This looks such a tasty noodle dish. I love five spice so will be putting this on our meal plan soon!Jessica Formicola
These sesame noodles are out of this world! I am going to opt for this next time I'm craving takeout- so much better!Savita
Thanks Jessica, hope you get chance to try soon!Sharon Chen
This looks delicious! Will try your recipe soon.Savita
Thanks Sharon!Danielle Wolter
This is my kind of meal. Love a good noodles dish and this one came out great!Michelle
Love sesame noodles -- this version looks so fresh and delicious! Love the addition of five spice powder to the chicken!Savita
Thanks Michelle. Five spice makes simple chicken extra-special.Beth
This recipe looks so delicious and very tasty! My family is going to love this for dinner sometime this week! Excited to try this!Savita
Thanks Beth. Let me know how it goes when you get chance to try.Shadi Hasanzadenemati
I Made for a gathering and it was a hit, everyone loved it! Will definitely make it again!Savita
Thanks for feedback, Shadi!Holly
I can think of so many ways to use this sauce. I love peanut butter based sauces and including sesame makes this is a winner!Savita
Thanks, you got it!Lauren Michael Harris
This is such a flavorful dish! My entire family, even the kids, loved these sesame noodles with chicken. Great recipe!Dannii
Now this is my kind of comfort food. Quick and easy too.Savita
thanks, Danni! I hope you get chance to try!