If you like Satay Chicken, then you’re going to LOVE this Satay Chicken Noodle Salad! This is fantastic served warm or at room temperature. If you’re entertaining, lay everything out in separate bowls and let everyone help themselves!
Noodles. Satay Chicken. Veggies. And a creamy peanut dressing. What an awesome combination!
It’s like Satay Chicken and a noodle stir fry had a baby. Or a noodle stir fry and a salad had a baby. No, wait – more like Satay Chicken and a salad had a baby.
It’s a hybrid! And it’s INCREDIBLE with a capital I. A BIG capital I.
I can assure you, with the Japanese blood running through my veins, I am very fussy about feaux-Asian food. I’m not even going to pretend this is authentic South East Asian food by any stretch of the imagination.
But it’s darn tasty, and that’s all that matters. 🙂
So this is part of my attempt to get more veggies onto RecipeTin Eats in 2016. I started with just a satay chicken salad without noodles. But I just wasn’t happy. It was yum – ok yum.
But I knew that if I added noodles, it would be magical.
The creamy peanut dressing which is made to be tossed with noodles.
Speaking of the chicken, this isn’t just plain cooked chicken. Oh no! It’s made using a basic satay chicken recipe, so it’s got plenty of flavour oomph in its own right.
Honestly? I’d be happy with just a bowl of the chicken and the peanut dressing. Hold the veggies thanks!
Veggies – tick.
Noodles – tick.
Tasty satay chicken – double tick.
Creamy satay peanut sauce – triple tick.
Use all the willpower you have to NOT drink all the dressing.
Or eat all the chicken with the dressing. That’s the hardest part. When that chicken is cooked….you won’t be able to resist dunking it in the dressing to have a taste…then it will take a LOT of strength to stop! -Nagi x
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Satay Chicken Noodle Salad
Ingredients
Dressing
- ¼ cup peanut butter (preferably smooth)
- 1 garlic clove , minced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp sriracha , or 2 tsp chili paste/sauce + 2 tsp vinegar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 6 tbsp coconut milk (I used low fat)
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/4 tsp salt
Salad
- 10 oz/300g fresh egg noodles (Note 1)
- 2 cups red cabbage , shredded
- 2 cups green cabbage , shredded
- 2 carrots , finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 scallion/shallot stems , finely sliced on the diagonal
- 1 large red chilli (not very spicy), deseeded and finely sliced (Note 2)
Satay Chicken
- 12 oz / 350g chicken breast , cut in half vertically and thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 2 tsp sweet soy sauce/ kecap manis (Note 3)
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
Garnish
- 3 tbsp peanuts , roughly chopped
Instructions
- Mix dressing ingredients in a bowl until smooth.
- Prepare noodles according to packet instructions.
- Place both cabbages and carrots in a bowl, add 1/4 tsp salt, toss to combine and set aside for 5-10 minutes to wilt lightly.
- Place the Satay Chicken ingredients EXCEPT the oil in a bowl and toss to coat.
- Heat oil in a non stick fry pan over high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 3 minutes until golden, then transfer to a plate.
- Toss noodles and remaining salad ingredients with chicken and Dressing, then serve. Serve at room temperature or warm.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
LIFE OF DOZER
In case you missed it on Instagram, summer is BACK in Sydney and Dozer is LOVING it!! (PS Dozer is the crazy one jumping higher, the one at the front is his beach buddy Ollie! 😉 )
This dish was on the menu for last night’s dinner. Oh. My. GOODNESS!!! This was so good; it was almost an out-of-body experience. The sauce had so many different layers of flavour; such intense flavours with depth and height and width. A master-stroke of genius to season the chicken with curry powder and kecap manis – the chicken was so tasty! Just amazing. Plenty of leftovers as I somehow yielded enough salad to feed 6 hungry adults as a main course! Yum yum yum yum YUM!
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So J Daddy and I ate roughly half of the noodle salad last night (we were sooooo full), and I packed the leftovers into 3 takeaway containers – full to the brim. J Daddy took one to work today and he said he reheated it in the microwave, and the salad took on a stir fry look and feel. He lapped it all up and is now demanding that I make this more often, and towards the beginning of the week, so that he can have the leftovers for lunch for the rest of the week. Cheeky man! I gave the remaining boxes to a friend for her and her husband to have for dinner tonight. I’ll let you know their verdict when I hear back from them.
I made this last night and it came out great! I served it warm and loved the contrast between the fresh crunch veggies and the warm chicken with dressing.
I ended up using rice noodles (had them in the pantry) and they worked just fine. Instead of traditional peanut butter, I just added PB2 (powdered peanut butter) to the other dressing ingredients. Finally, I chopped up tiny pieces of jalapeno instead of chiles. My tweaks worked well!
YAY!! Glad to hear you enjoyed it Natalie, thanks for taking time to come back and let me know!
In your recipe you advise 2 cups of green. Is there a name for this vegetable, in the UK we don’t have such a thing
Thanks
Oops! Typo! Mean green cabbage! 😉
This is my kind of recipe. The noodles are so easy. This sauce is something my family can eat for every meal. Thank you for this one, It is now in the regular family menu!
So glad you enjoyed it!!! I know, isn’t the dressing crazy delish?? I could drink it!!
Hi Nagi,
I cooked this on weekend for my family, we all absolutely loved it, thanks very much we will be cooking this again.
thanks very much it was awesome!!
WOO HOO!! SO GLAD you enjoyed it Kirsten, thank you for letting me know! N x
Superb as usual. Doubled the sauce as I had 800 grams of chicken and needed to feed more than three people. Also doubled the chicken marinade. Had it warm with all combined…..yum! I didn’t need all of the extra satay so I have some left over, but I must say I did double it when I saw the word ‘drink’, it reminds me of your one pot coconut chicken where we all literally drank the leftover sauce. Thanks again!!!
So glad you liked it Karen! Thank you for letting me know! N x PS Isn’t that sauce the bomb??!! 🙂
The bomb.com!!!!!
YES!!! SCORE!!! 😉
I’ve just discovered your site!
Two recipes down that were both amazing this one included.
We had your Mexican chicken last night so I made this with thinly sliced porterhouse steak marinated and quickly seared and the result was something I’d pay for.
Thanks so much for bringing more veg and variety back onto our table ?
Thanks so much Andrea!! I’m so glad you are enjoying my recipes. Ooooh, the Mexican chicken would be fab with steak slices!!
I made his tonight. Delicious! I didn’t change anything.
.Next time, I may leave out the chicken , just to cut out a few steps. The veggies and dressing are so good, don’t think you need the chicken.
WOO HOO! So glad you loved it Kirsten! Thanks so much for coming back to let me know! N x
Nagi –
Thank you for sharing such a delicious meal. I loved that you were able to sneak so many vegetables in this one – it actually tricked me into enjoying eating veggies! Any idea what the calorie count might be on this one? Excited to try your curry for dinner tonight!
Thanks again,
Becca
Hi Becca! Oops, I forgot to add the nutrition, I will go back and add it now!
I have to say– I live in Malaysia, and this isn’t that far off from being authentic 🙂 The difference is in SE Asia, the components of this salad would be eaten separately instead of blended into this beauty! I love satay- and have to make mine at home because i am allergic to peanuts. I use almond butter in the sauce– so I can try your recipe 🙂
Thanks so much Michelle! That’s quite a compliment, but the Malaysian satay sauce I make is so much more complicated…AND SO GOOD! SO SO GOOD!! Malaysian satay is the best….I wish it didn’t require so many ingredients, I’d make it so much more often! 🙂
Hi Nagi, I have cooked a few of your recipes now and they have all been big hits with the family, thanks! I was just wondering if you use American or Australian tablespoon and cup measurements?? I noticed for your sriracha replacement I need to replace 1½ tablespoons with 4 teaspoons which made me think you may use American measurements.
Thanks
Hi Jen – you clearly know your stuff! I use Australian teaspoons. My recipes work with either American, Australia or even UK/European measures. For baking recipes, I use weights instead of cups because those are the recipes that ARE affected by using Australian instead of American teaspoon etc measures!
Oh my gosh, another one of your great recipes Nagi! We’ve just finished this for dinner, and it was perfect for a 38 Deg C evening! I think I’m becoming addicted to your recipes! This is the 3rd one in the past week and every one has been so good! Thanks Nagi 🙂
Margaret
YAY!!! SO SO glad you loved this Margaret, thank you!! I know, perfect for stinking hot days, right?? 😉 N x
Oh my, this looks and sounds fabulous – can’t wait to give it a try! I’m a fiend for chicken and would eat it every day if I didn’t have to cope with the complaints from the red-meat brigade in the house.
Red-meat brigade-ba ha ha!! It’s the opposite for me – I’m a Team White-Meat!!! (Though dark parts of white meat….!)
This looks incredible! Seriously, I’ve been drooling over it ever since it arrived in my inbox a few days ago. This is on my must make list. 🙂
I hope you do try it!! The sauce…..the sauce!!
I’ve come to realize that there really is no such thing as too many peanut sauce/noodles recipes – I have one that has been a family favorite for years, yet I can’t wait to try this one too! The lime and coconut milk in the dressing sounds really intriguing. And wow, Dozer sure can jump – what an awesome action shot!
I had to giggle – it is VERY true!!! Peanut sauce is my jam!
Nagi! We made this tonight, and it was SO GOOD! I was in a bit of a food rut over here, and we needed to make something fun and flavorful. This was delicious. I used olive oil instead of sesame oil because we have a sesame allergy at our house, and it was still so wonderful. Thank you for a great recipe!
Oooh, wow!! You made it already!! Thank you so much for coming back to let me know, I am SO GLAD you loved it!!! 🙂 N x
This looks great! I love satay sauce :). Also your dog is adorable!
Thanks Sabrina! 🙂
I love chicken satay! That dressing though…OMG!!!! I don’t think I’d be able to resist finishing up that dressing.
Thanks Suzy!!! Err…there might have been a lot of sauce licking going on through the whole shoot….. 😉
Hi Nagi! This has it all – juicy chicken, crunchy vegetables, soft noodles and that velvety sauce! Who could ask for more! I’d be face down in this! 🙂
I very nearly did Dorothy!!! 😉
LOL I bet it’s darn tasty Nagi! Looks fab and I’m reading this around dinner time…would be very happy with a bowl of this yumminess right now 🙂
Thanks hun!!! Hope you’re enjoying SUMMER!!! It’s so hot today, can’t wait to hit the beach!!