Amanda Laird: Soba chicken noodle soup with fried shallots

Soba chicken noodle soup with fried shallots. Picture / Babiche Martens

Serves 4

600g boneless chicken thigh meat
Sea salt
200g soba noodles
2 tsp sesame oil
2 shallots
1 Tbsp peanut oil
4 cups chicken stock

4 slices of fresh ginger
2 red chillies, finely sliced
Fresh coriander
1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 Tbsp roasted peanuts, finely chopped
Fish sauce

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. People can help themselves from the small bowls and add fish sauce to season.