chilled chinese noodles with meat, egg & vegetables

ingredients:

• 2 packages ramen noodles
• or Chinese noodles
• 3 ounces Japanese-style
• char siu or ham
• 3 1/2 ounces boneless chicken
• breast or thigh
• 1/2 (2 ounces) cucumber
• 1 tomato
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces Surimi (imitation)
• crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• a little salt
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• 2 cups water (for boiling the chicken)
• 1 quart water (for boiling the noodles)

sauce:

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 ounce sugar or honey
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame or olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese soup stock powder (chicken or bonito) (optional)

topping (optional):

• suitable amount ground white sesame seeds
• suitable amount red pickled ginger
• suitable amount dried laver

step 1:

Beat the eggs. Add the sugar and the salt. Coat a frying pan with a paper towel which has been soaked with salad oil. Place on low heat. With a ladle, pour some of the egg mixture into the frying pan and tilt it so that it spreads evenly over the bottom. Remove from pan when cooked and place on a cutting board. Repeat this process to make 2 paper-thin omelets. Stack them on top of each other on the cutting board.

step 2:

Let them cool. Cut the stack into julienne slices.

step 3:

Cut the Japanese-style char siu (or ham) into julienne slices.

step 4:

Pour 2 cups water into a pan. Bring to a boil and add the chicken. Boil for a couple of minutes and remove from the heat. Cut into julienne slices.

step 5:

Slice the cucumber diagonally. Cut into julienne slices.

step 6:

Slice the tomato and cut into julienne slices.

step 7:

Make the sauce in a bowl.

step 8:

Boil 1 quart water and add the ramen noodles (or Chinese noodles) to the boiled water. Boil for 2 to 4 minutes (follow the cooking instructions on the bag). After boiling, drain the noodles in a colander and wash them with your hands under cold running water. Add to the serving plates.

step 9:

Decorate with the egg, Japanese-style char siu (or ham), chicken, cucumbers, tomato and surimi crabmeat. Pour the sauce over it.