Soba buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Gather all the ingredients for the buckwheat soba noodles with chicken and vegetables. You can use any chicken fillet — I have chicken breast, and this recipe keeps it from drying out at all. The chili can be dried or just a fresh pod.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour water into a pot, set it over medium heat, and bring it to a boil. Add a little salt and lower the noodles in whole, like spaghetti — but if you'd rather, you can break them up. Once it returns to a boil, cook the noodles for about 5–7 minutes; they should stay slightly underdone. Tip them into a colander and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. If you cooked the noodles ahead, toss them with a little vegetable oil so they don't stick together.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rinse the chicken fillet, pat it dry, and cut it into thick strips. Pour oil into a skillet and heat it over medium heat. Add the chicken and fry it for 5–7 minutes. Take the skillet off the heat and transfer the chicken to a bowl.

4. Step 4:

   

   Peel, rinse, and cut the onion into half-rings. Return the skillet to the heat after the chicken and add the chopped onion.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel, wash, and cut the carrot into medium-length, medium-thick matchsticks. Add the carrot to the skillet with the onion. Stir and fry, stirring, for 5 minutes.

6. Step 6:

   

   Wash the bell pepper, remove the stem and seeds, and cut it into medium strips. Add the pepper to the skillet with the sautéed vegetables and stir. Fry for 3 minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Return the cooked chicken to the skillet and stir.

8. Step 8:

   

   Wash and pat dry a tomato, cut it into large wedges, and add it to the skillet with the vegetables and chicken. Pour in the water, cover, lower the heat, and cook for another 10 minutes.

9. Step 9:

   

   In a bowl, combine the soy sauce, vegetable oil, and chili pepper, and stir.

10. Step 10:

    

    Uncover the skillet, pour in the sauce, and stir.

11. Step 11:

    

    Add the cooked buckwheat noodles to the skillet and toss everything well so it's coated in sauce.

12. Step 12:

    

    Warm the noodles with the vegetables and chicken over medium heat for 1–2 minutes, then take them off the heat.

13. Step 13:

    

    Our soba with chicken and vegetables is ready. Divide it among plates right away, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and serve.

14. Step 14:

    

    Enjoy!