Lat Na – Noodles in Sauce

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 400 g chicken breast or turkey breast
• 2 tbsp Maggi
• 2 tbsp, heaped tapioca flour (slightly heaped tbsp)
• 400 g broccoli
• 2 garlic cloves
• 100 ml sauce (yellow bean sauce)
• 4 tbsp peanut oil or similar high-heat oil
• 250 ml chicken broth
• 400 ml water, warm
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp sugar
• 1 pinch(s) pepper, white
• 2 tbsp, heaped tapioca flour, slightly heaped
• 250 g rice noodles, preferably wide
• 2 tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Thai with a twist

Cut the chicken breast into thin strips. For the marinade, combine Maggi and tapioca flour and marinate the chicken in it for 10 minutes. Finely chop the garlic. Heat a little oil in a wok so that the oil is about 4-5 mm deep in the center and deep-fry the garlic. Once the garlic is yellow to light brown, add the yellow bean sauce. Reduce the heat and fry for about 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow the garlic to brown during frying, or it will become bitter. Add the marinated chicken and stir-fry. After about 3-4 minutes, add the chicken stock and warm water (or simply 650 ml of thin chicken stock) and bring to a boil. Cut the broccoli into bite-sized pieces (in Thailand, the stalk is usually added as well). Add the broccoli, fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and pepper. Simmer everything for about 10 minutes. Cook the rice noodles for about 5 minutes. Then drain the noodles and fry them with oil and soy sauce. The noodles should become soft or almost mushy. Mix the tapioca flour with a little water and use it to thicken the sauce. Slowly add the solution while stirring constantly and bring the sauce to a boil. The sauce should be very thick. It’s best to cut up the noodles in a bowl and cover them with plenty of sauce. Tip: Fried onions and, if you like, a little spice (e.g., Sriracha sauce) go wonderfully with it. Yellow bean sauce is a sauce made from whole, fermented, and seasoned soybeans.