Minty Asian chicken salad

Vietnamese recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has rice noodle, chicken breast, cucumber, spring onion, chilli, fish sauce, lime, sugar and mint.

Minty Asian chicken salad

Minty Asian chicken salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Vietnamese
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Rice Noodle: 250g pack thin rice noodle
  • Chicken Breast: 2 cooked skinless chicken breasts, shredded
  • Cucumber: 1/2 cucumber, halved and sliced
  • Spring Onion: 3 spring onions, sliced
  • Chilli: 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • Fish Sauce: 4 tbsp soy or fish sauce
  • Lime: zest and juice 1 lime
  • Sugar: 2 tsp sugar
  • Mint: 20g pack mint, leaves only, roughly chopped

Directions

  1. Soak the noodles for 5 mins in boiling water or according to pack instructions, until softened. Drain, then cool under a running tap. Drain again well, then tip into a large bowl along with the chicken, cucumber, spring onions and chilli.
  2. Mix together the soy or fish sauce, lime zest and juice and sugar, then pour over the noodles. Toss through the mint leaves and serve.