Soba chicken noodle soup with fried shallots

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

1	Sea salt
600 g	Boneless chicken thighs (Main)
200 g	Soba noodles
2 tsp	Sesame oil
2	Shallots
1 Tbsp	Peanut oil
4 cups	Chicken stock
4 slices	Fresh ginger
2	Red chillies, (finely sliced)
1	Fresh coriander
1 Tbsp	Sesame seeds
1 Tbsp	Roasted peanuts, (finely chopped)
1	Fish sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven 200C, season and roast chicken 25 minutes, set aside and slice when cool.
2. Cook soba in plenty of boiling water for 4 minutes, rinse, toss with sesame oil and set aside.
3. Heat peanut oil and fry shallots until crisp, remove from oil. Heat stock with lime and ginger until simmering.
4. Arrange small bowls of sesame, peanuts, coriander and chilli. Ladle simmering stock into large bowls, then add noodles and chicken.
5. People can help themselves from the small bowls and add fish sauce to season.