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1. Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in a bowl with 250ml boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain and reserve 4 tablespoons of the mushroom soaking water.
2. Preheat the oven to 250°C/Gas Mark 8. Line a roasting tray with a generous amount of foil and place the chicken breasts, ginger, shiitake mushrooms and spring onions on top. Sprinkle with the salt, then fold the foil up and around to make a parcel. Seal all but one of the edges tightly, then pour the sake and the mushroom-soaked water into the gap in the parcel. Seal the last edge tightly and cook in the oven for 20–30 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breasts, until the chicken is cooked.
3. Take the parcel out of the tray and leave the chicken to cool inside the parcel.
4. Meanwhile, make the sesame sauce by mixing all the ingredients except for the ground sesame seeds in a small bowl until smooth and very thick.
5. Next prepare the deep-fried onions. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and deep fry the onion or shallots until beginning to turn golden and crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
6. Rinse the salad leaves in very cold water to refresh them and chop or tear them into bite-size pieces.
7. Bring plenty of water to the boil in a large pan and cook the somen noodles for about 2 minutes. Drain, rinse well in cold water and set aside to drain completely in a colander.
8. Once the chicken has cooled to room temperature, remove from the parcel and shred or thinly slice. Add 3–4 tablespoons of the chicken cooking juices from the parcel to the sesame sauce along with the ground black sesame seeds and stir together. If the consistency is too thick, add more of the chicken cooking juices.
9. Place the noodles on individual plates followed by the chicken. Pour over the sauce, garnish with the salad leaves and cucumber, and scatter with a few deep fried onions.