Microwave Gekikara Chilli Chicken Ramen
by Tim Anderson
Ramen and curry shops in Japan often offer a variation on their product called gekikara, which roughly translates as ‘extreme spice’. Inspired by this phenomenon, here’s a spicy, one-pot ramen dish – the broth, the chicken and the noodles are all cooked in the same bowl. Whether or not you consider its heat level ‘extreme’ will depend on your tolerance for chilli, but it definitely has a kick!
Method
Based on 2 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Divide the spring onions into white parts and green parts; set the green parts aside to use later. Combine the white parts with water (900 mls to serve 2) along with the chicken leg, lemongrass, tahini, miso, soy sauce and chilli oil in a large bowl, cover and cook for 20 minutes on full powder (800w) in the microwave. Remove the lemongrass and discard, then take the chicken out and set on a board or plate to cool. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, shred it with your hands or forks into large chunks.
Step 2
Add the fresh chilli and garlic to the broth and whisk well to dissolve the miso and tahini. Add the dried noodles, pak choi and bean sprouts, cover and cook for 3–6 minutes on the same setting, until the noodles are done. Different noodles will absorb different amounts of water, so taste the broth and adjust the seasoning with more soy sauce as necessary.
Step 3
Transfer the noodles to large bowls, then pour over the broth and top with the pak choi, bean sprouts and shredded chicken. Garnish with the green parts of the spring onions, ground sesame and chilli flakes.
- Ingredients
- Based on 2 servings
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1 Lemongrass Stalk, split lengthways 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Lemongrass Sticks x2 -
4 tbsp Tahini 1x Sainsbury's Tahini, Inspired to Cook 300g -
1 tbsp Miso 1x Sainsbury's Miso Paste, Inspired to Cook 100g -
3 Spring Onions, sliced 1x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g -
1 Fresh Hot Chilli, finely sliced 1x Sainsbury's Red Chillies 65g -
2 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
100g Bean Sprouts 1x Sainsbury's Beansprouts 300g -
2 tbsp Toasted Sesame Seeds, coarsely ground 1x Sainsbury's Sesame Seeds 100g -
1 Head Pak Choi, halved 1x Sainsbury's Pak Choi 250g -
1 pinch Chilli Flakes 1x Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g -
150g Dried Egg Noodles 1x Sharwood's Medium Egg Noodles 226g -
1 tbsp Soy Sauce, or more, to taste 1x Sainsbury's Light Soy Sauce 150ml -
2 tsp Hot Chilli Oil, add more if you like it really spicy 1x Lee Kum Kee Chiu Chow Chilli Oil 170g -
1 Chicken Leg, bone in but skin off 1x Sainsbury's British Fresh Skin on Chicken Legs 1kg