SWEET SOY-GLAZED CHICKEN WITH CARROT-SESAME NOODLES (MYOTO)

Sweet Soy-Glazed Chicken with Carrot-Sesame Noodles (MYOTO) image

Here's another MYOTO (make your own take-out). Thai this one, you'll surely like it.

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

Ingredients

Salt
1 pound thin long-cut pasta, such as vermicelli
1/4 cup tamari plus 1 tablespoon (eyeball it)
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 3/4 cups chicken stock
Juice of 1 lime
4 large garlic cloves, 1 crushed, 3 chopped
3-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (eyeball it)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus some for drizzling
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 pound carrots, peeled and shredded with a box grater or the grating blade on a food processor
Freshly ground black pepper
6 thin-cut chicken breast cutlets
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, a generous handful, chopped
1/2 cup fresh basil, 10 leaves, chopped or torn
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, a generous handful, chopped

Steps:

Preheat a grill pan or outdoor grill over high heat.
Place a large pot of water with a tight-fitting lid over high heat and bring it to a boil. Once it comes up to a boil, add some salt and the pasta. Cook the pasta until al dente. Drain and reserve it.
While the water is coming up to a boil, make the soy glaze. In a small skillet, combine the 1/4 cup of tamari, the brown sugar, 1/4 cup of the chicken stock, the lime juice, crushed garlic clove, one fourth of the grated ginger, and the red pepper flakes. Place it over medium-high heat, bring it up to a simmer, and cook it until the glaze looks like a watery syrup, about 3 to 4 minutes, then remove it from the heat and reserve.
Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil, twice around the pan. Add the onions, carrots, chopped garlic, the remaining ginger, a little salt, and a generous amount of pepper; cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. If the pan starts to look dry, add a bit more oil.
While the carrots are cooking, grill the chicken. Season the chicken with some pepper and drizzle it with a little oil. Place the seasoned chicken cutlets on the grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until well marked, then flip the chicken and brush with the soy glaze. Continue to cook it for another 3 to 4 minutes, or until it is cooked through. Brush again with the glaze, flip it, and then brush one last time with the glaze. Remove the grilled chicken to a plate, tent it with a piece of foil, and let it rest a few minutes while you pull together the carrots and noodles.
Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock and the remaining tablespoon of tamari to the carrots, bring them up to a bubble, and simmer for 1 minute. Add the drained pasta, stir to combine them, and cook for about 30 seconds so the pasta soaks in some of the sauce. Turn the heat off and drizzle the mixture with the toasted sesame oil, then sprinkle it with the toasted sesame seeds, cilantro, basil, and parsley. Toss thoroughly to combine. Taste and adjust the seasonings with a little more sesame oil, salt, and pepper and transfer it to a platter. Slice the chicken into thin strips and arrange them on top of the carrot-sesame noodles.