Chicken and Cold Soba Noodle Salad

🥘 Ingredients

• cashews
  1.5 oz
• chicken breasts
  14 oz
• cilantro
  2 oz
• garlic
  2 cloves
• jalapeño
  1 unit
• mango
  1 unit
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• scallions
  4 oz
• sherry vinegar
  1/2 tbsp
• snow peas
  6 oz
• soba noodles
  7 oz
• sugar
  1 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• large pot
• large pan
• medium bowl

1. 

   1

   Bring a large pot of water with a large pinch of salt to a boil. Peel the mango , then cut around the flat pit to remove the flesh. Slice the mango into thin matchsticks. Mince or grate the garlic . Thinly slice the scallions , keeping the whites and greens separate. Mince the jalapeño , removing the ribs and seeds if you prefer less heat. Roughly chop the cashews . Chop half the cilantro , reserving the remaining sprigs for garnish. Thinly slice the chicken breasts into strips.

   mango: 1 unit, garlic: 2 cloves, scallions: 4 oz, jalapeño: 1 unit, cashews: 1.5 oz, cilantro: 2 oz, chicken breasts: 14 oz
2. 

   2

   Make the garlic-scallion dressing: heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the garlic, scallion whites, and jalapeño to the pan and cook ⏱️ 2 minutes , until fragrant. Remove the pan from the heat, then stir sherry vinegar and sugar into the pan. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside in a medium bowl to cool in the refrigerator for ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   olive oil: 2 tbsp, sherry vinegar: 1/2 tbsp, sugar: 1 tbsp
3. 

   3

   Cook the soba noodles: add the soba noodles to the boiling water, reduce to a simmer, and cook for ⏱️ 5 minutes , until al dente. Drain and immediately rinse under cold water, then toss into the garlic-scallion dressing.

   soba noodles: 7 oz
4. 

   4

   Cook the chicken and snow peas: heat 2%tsp olive oil in the same large pan over high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the chicken strips and cook, tossing, for ⏱️ 2 minutes , until browned but not yet cooked through. Add the snow peas to the pan and cook, tossing, ⏱️ 3 minutes , until bright green and crisp-tender. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool in the refrigerator for ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   snow peas: 6 oz
5. 5

   Toss the chicken and snow peas into the cold soba noodles along with the mango and chopped cilantro. Season with salt and pepper.
6. 6

   Divide the soba noodle salad between bowls and garnish with the cashews, scallion greens, and reserved cilantro sprigs. Enjoy!