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Spicy Chicken Ramen
One serving has 675 kcal and 46 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (172%), niacin (124%), riboflavin (96%), copper (92%), thiamin (85%) and phosphorus (79%). Ready in 90 minutes.

- Preparation: 60 min
- Cooking: 30 min
- Makes: 1 serving (584 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Low-Fat Diet, Flexitarian
- Contains: alcohol, celery, dairy, egg, gluten, poultry, sesame, soy, sulphite
Ingredients
- 240 g Soup, stock, chicken, home-prepared
- 80 g Soup, cream of chicken, canned, condensed
- 4.7 g Mushrooms, shiitake, dried
- 2 g Garlic, raw
- 2.5 g Soy sauce
- 2.5 g Alcoholic beverage, wine, cooking
- 3 g Sauce, hot chile, sriracha
- 75.7 g Pasta, dry, enriched
- 0.8 g Sesame oil
- 1.5 g Spices, garlic powder
- 0.3 g Spices, pepper, white
- 0.3 g Spices, pepper, black
- 0.5 g Salt, table
- 1.3 g Soy sauce
- 5 g Onions, green, raw
- 16.7 g Mushrooms, shiitake, raw
- 33.3 g Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled
- 0.5 g Sesame seeds
- 113 g Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, thigh, meat only, raw
Method
- Preheat oven/air fryer to 400°F. Boil 5 cups water, steep shiitake mushrooms per package directions.
- Combine roasted chicken ingredients, bake 30 mins in the oven or 20 mins in the air fryer.
- Boil 4 eggs to desired doneness, cool in water.
- Chop bok choy and green onions.
- Remove rehydrated mushrooms and slice them. Reserve the mushroom liquid.
- Preheat a pot medium. Sauté garlic, add sherry, soy sauce, chicken soup. Mix in sriracha, mushroom liquid, bone broth, and simmer.
- Cook ramen noodles.
- Add bok choy, mushrooms to broth. Cook 2 mins.
- To a serving bowl, add 1.5 cups of noodles, 1/4th of the broth, some of the veggies, 4 oz of chicken, an egg, and the green onions. Enjoy!
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 675 kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 79.2 g | |
| Water | 435 mL | |
| Fiber | 4 g | 14% |
| Protein | 46.1 g | 96% |
| Tryptophan | 0.48 g | |
| Threonine | 1.7 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.8 g | |
| Leucine | 3.3 g | |
| Lysine | 2.8 g | |
| Methionine | 0.95 g | |
| Cystine | 0.6 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.8 g | |
| Tyrosine | 1.3 g | |
| Valine | 1.9 g | |
| Histidine | 1.1 g | |
| Fat | 18.2 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 6.7 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.8 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.02 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 3.4 g | |
| Saturated | 4.8 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.02 g | |
| Cholesterol | 244 mg | |
| Calcium | 72.7 mg | 7% |
| Copper | 0.83 mg | 92% |
| Iron | 5.7 mg | 32% |
| Magnesium | 101 mg | 32% |
| Manganese | 0.94 mg | 52% |
| Phosphorus | 556 mg | 79% |
| Potassium | 973 mg | 21% |
| Selenium | 94.8 µg | 172% |
| Sodium | 1,545 mg | |
| Zinc | 4.5 mg | 56% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.93 mg | 85% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 1.1 mg | 96% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 17.4 mg | 124% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 2.3 mg | 45% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.97 mg | 75% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 228 µg | 57% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 1.1 µg | 44% |
| Choline | 213 mg | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 101 µg | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 2.8 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 40.4 IU | 7% |
| Vitamin E | 1.3 mg | 9% |
| Vitamin K | 18.5 µg | 21% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
1 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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