Asian chicken salad

This easy-to-prepare salad is filled with zingy flavours - the simplified version is great for kids' lunchboxes too

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Recipe by Emma Lewis

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 10 mins

Low-fat

1. Cover the chicken with cold water, bring to the boil, then cook for 10 mins. Remove from the pan and tear into shreds. Stir together the fish sauce, lime zest, juice and sugar until sugar dissolves.
2. Place the leaves and coriander in a container, then top with the chicken, onion, chilli and cucumber. Place the dressing in a separate container and toss through the salad when ready to eat.

MAKE IT FOR KIDS

Shred 1 roast chicken breast, toss with 100g salad leaves and chopped cucumber. Mix 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce with a squeeze lime juice and drizzle over.

DRESS IT UP

Ginger chicken lettuce cups - Finely chop 2 chicken breasts. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, cook chicken until golden, then stir in 1 finely chopped lemongrass, 1 tbsp minced ginger and 2 crushed garlic cloves. Cook 1 min more, stir in 2 tbsp fish sauce, juice ½ lime and 2 tsp caster sugar. Cool. Separate the leaves from 2 Little Gem lettuces, then spoon chicken mix into these, scattered with coriander and chopped red chilli.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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• starkl

  2009-07-26 06:18:26.764635

  starkl rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This evening I made this recipe for friends and it was extremely well received. I added a shredded carrot to the bowl which added a nice extra crunch. I highly recommend this recipe, it's the perfect summer salad.

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• Liezel

  2009-09-24 12:20:17.037107

  Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very tasty and easy to make. I have tried a few Asian chicken salads on the site. This is not my favourite because it is missing that zing you get from ginger. I still like it very much and will make it again as a lunch meal.

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• Non

  2010-05-08 12:24:53.268838

  Non rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A lovely fresh and filling salad. I had this without the fish sauce dressing and it was still very tasty. To make it more substantial, I just added some quinoa.

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• Claire

  2011-01-17 21:57:17.066931

  Claire rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I love this for lunch. Its really light but the dressing is really tasty so seems to fill you up. I pack the salad in a plastic container and put the dressing in a tiny taster size jam pot so I can give it a shake before pouring over, delicious!!!

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• cookaliscious

  2011-09-06 18:01:08.054551

  cookaliscious commented on this recipe

  Absolutely love this! We had it in our lunchboxes for work / school. Did the adaptation for kids which also worked well. Fantastic and easy.

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• smiler

  2011-09-23 13:05:49.357629

  smiler rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I thought this salad was excellent. The coriander really makes the dish. I had it for my tea and lunch the next day! Very easy to make too.

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• Michele

  2012-01-11 14:21:46.606954

  Michele rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Hardly any effort and absolutely delicious.

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• Mia

  2012-01-25 00:24:58.142096

  Mia commented on this recipe

  What a lovely and refreshing salad for night shift. Any ideas how to replace fish sauce as I'm allergic to any seafood and oils? I used light soysauce this time and it worked ok.

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• Frank

  2012-03-17 14:22:47.643318

  Frank rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Nice, basic and easy! I recommend it

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• CarolineBottomley

  2012-03-23 13:54:52.019029

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  very tasty

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• cup cake

  2012-05-23 19:18:35.948506

  cup cake rated and commented on this recipe

  

  really nice, simple flavours, light n fresh tasting but left chicken a lil too long and was slighty tough :/

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