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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.

Spicy Chicken Ramen
  • 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

  1. Preheat oven/air fryer to 400°F. Boil 5 cups water, steep shiitake mushrooms per package directions.
  2. Combine roasted chicken ingredients, bake 30 mins in the oven or 20 mins in the air fryer.
  3. Boil 4 eggs to desired doneness, cool in water.
  4. Chop bok choy and green onions.
  5. Remove rehydrated mushrooms and slice them. Reserve the mushroom liquid.
  6. Preheat a pot medium. Sauté garlic, add sherry, soy sauce, chicken soup. Mix in sriracha, mushroom liquid, bone broth, and simmer.
  7. Cook ramen noodles.
  8. Add bok choy, mushrooms to broth. Cook 2 mins.
  9. 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

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy675 kcal32%
Carbohydrates79.2 g
Water435 mL
Fiber4 g14%
Protein46.1 g96%
Tryptophan0.48 g
Threonine1.7 g
Isoleucine1.8 g
Leucine3.3 g
Lysine2.8 g
Methionine0.95 g
Cystine0.6 g
Phenylalanine1.8 g
Tyrosine1.3 g
Valine1.9 g
Histidine1.1 g
Fat18.2 g
Monounsaturated6.7 g
Polyunsaturated3.8 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.02 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-63.4 g
Saturated4.8 g
Trans-Fats0.02 g
Cholesterol244 mg
Calcium72.7 mg7%
Copper0.83 mg92%
Iron5.7 mg32%
Magnesium101 mg32%
Manganese0.94 mg52%
Phosphorus556 mg79%
Potassium973 mg21%
Selenium94.8 µg172%
Sodium1,545 mg
Zinc4.5 mg56%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.93 mg85%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)1.1 mg96%
Niacin (vitamin B3)17.4 mg124%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)2.3 mg45%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.97 mg75%
Folate (vitamin B9)228 µg57%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.1 µg44%
Choline213 mg50%
Vitamin A101 µg14%
Vitamin C2.8 mg4%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)40.4 IU7%
Vitamin E1.3 mg9%
Vitamin K18.5 µg21%

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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