Szechuan Chicken & Baby Corn Stir-Fry

With this quick Szechuan chicken stir-fry, you can experience bold flavours – even on busy nights. Szechuan ('sesh-wan') is a popular Chinese cooking style packed with heat from garlic and chillies. Vibrant mange tout and baby corn add colour and crunch. Szechuanderful! (Dairy-free: see our FAQs for details).

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Peel (scrape the skin off with a teaspoon) and finely chop (or grate) the ginger and garlic

Step 2

Cut the red chilli[es] in half lengthways, deseed (scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon) and chop finely

Step 3

Trim, then slice the spring onion[s] finely

Step 4

Slice the baby corn in half lengthways. Boil a kettle. Chop the chicken breast[s] into rough, bite-sized pieces

Step 5

Add the wholewheat noodles to a pot with a generous pinch of salt and cover with boiled water until they're fully submerged

Step 6

Bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 5-7 min until tender with a slight bite, then drain and return them to the pot

Step 7

Meanwhile, heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with a drizzle of vegetable oil over a high heat

Step 8

Once hot, add the chopped chicken and cook for 3 min or until it's lightly browned all over

Step 9

Add the sliced baby corn and mange tout to the pan, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 1-2 min or until the vegetables are starting to soften

Step 10

Once softened, add the chopped garlic, ginger and chilli (Can't handle the heat? Go easy!) to the pan and cook for 1 min

Step 11

Add the soy sauce, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar and honey and cook for a further 1-2 min or until a loose sauce has formed

Step 12

Season generously with pepper – this is your Schezuan Chicken & Baby Corn Stir-Fry

Step 13

Add the toasted sesame oil and chopped spring onion to the drained noodles and give everything a good mix up – these are your sesame noodles

Step 14

Serve the Szechuan Chicken & Baby Corn Stir-Fry with the sesame noodles to the side

Step 15

Enjoy!

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