Sesame-honey chicken salad
- Prepare
- 30 mins to 1 hour
- Cook
- less than 10 mins
- Serve
- Serves 6
This spicy, crunchy salad is low in fat but full of flavour - perfect for a healthy dinner.
Each serving provides 216kcal, 26g protein, 14g carbohydrate (of which 13g sugars), 6g fat (of which 1g saturates), 2g fibre and 0.9g salt.
Ingredients
- chicken breasts: 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- honey: 4 tbsp clear honey
- rice vinegar: 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- soy sauce: 2 tbsp soy sauce
- sesame oil: 1 tbsp sesame oil
- garlic: 1 garlic cloves, crushed
- ginger: 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- sesame seeds: 2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- fresh coriander: small bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- carrot: 1 large carrot, cut into fine matchsticks
- spring onions: 1 bunch of spring onions, shredded
- cucumber: 陆 cucumber, peeled, halved, de-seeded and cut into matchsticks
- lettuce: 陆 Chinese lettuce, finely shredded
Method
Cut the chicken into thin strips and mix with the honey, vinegar and soy sauce. Leave to marinate in a non-metallic bowl for about 30 minutes.
Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan and cook the chicken over a high heat with any marinade for about 5 minutes until the chicken is cooked through, leaving some cooked marinade in the pan to use as the salad dressing.
To serve warm, toss in a large bowl with the remaining ingredients and eat immediately. To serve cold, leave the cooked chicken and marinade to cool and then toss with the remaining ingredients.
