Orange sesame chicken with broccoli and noodles

Orange hoi sin sauce

• 2 tbsp almond butter
• 1 orange zest (no white pith) and flesh
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 cm piece fresh ginger peeled
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 - 3 pitted dates cut into halves
• 60 g tamari
• ½ tsp Chinese five spice
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• 1 pinch salt
• ½ pinch ground black pepper

Chicken, broccoli and noodles

• 2 tbsp ghee
• 700 g skinless chicken thigh fillets cut into pieces (3 cm)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• 1600 g water
• 400 g broccoli cut into florets (approx. 3 cm)
• 200 g dried soba noodles
• 2 spring onions/shallots trimmed and cut into slices
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds