This recipe is a variation on something my ex-boyfriends mother made for me. I know, I know it sounds obscure, but she made it and then I started cooking this for myself throughout high school and college, because it was inexpensive and delicious. I have added to it to make it into a meal not just noodles. To start chop and seed a red pepper and set aside. Then, you need a large chicken breast, sliced in half width-wise. This will make it cook quicker and less likely to dry out. Season your chicken on both sides with salt, freshly ground pepper and granulated garlic powder. Heat a nonstick pan sprayed with olive oil cooking spray over medium heat. When the pan is hot, add your chicken and cook it 7-10 minutes per side until cooked through and seared on both sides. Remove and allow to cool. After chicken has cooled slice into strips. Next take a bunch of broccoli and chop off the ends and peel the outside of the stems off, then slice the ends thinly and chop off the florets. Heat a large sauté pan with a 1/4 inch of water over medium heat. Then add your broccoli and cook until bright green and most of the water is evaporated about 5-10 minutes. When it's done, drain the broccoli and rinse with cold water, so the color will stay green and the broccoli will not overcook. Bring a large pot filled with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling remove the pan from the heat and add the ramen noodles, DO NOT INCLUDE THE FLAVOR PACKETS (throw them out, they're garbage), and set aside for 3 minutes. Then immediately drain the noodles and add to a large nonstick sauté pan and wait for the water to evaporate. Then add 3/4 of a cup of reduced sodium soy sauce and cook until most of the soy sauce is absorbed into the noodles and only traces remain, stirring to mix thoroughly. Then add 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil to the noodles and let them sit for 2-3 minutes. Your goal is to fry the noodles a little and crisp them up. Stir them and then let them sit for 2-3 minutes continuing this process 4 times until your noodles are a mixture of crispy and non-crispy, if you need to add more sesame oil you can but be careful you do not want them to end up being greasy I would advise not more than 4 tablespoons total. Then stir in the broccoli, red pepper, and chicken and top with 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds. Eat and enjoy. Sesame Noodles
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