Healthy salad recipe for 2 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has chicken breast, soya bean, carrot, spring onion, cherry tomato, coriander, basil leaf, salad, sesame seed, lime, fish sauce, sesame oil and sweet chilli sauce.
Sesame chicken salad
Course: Healthy salad
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Coriander: small bunch coriander, chopped
- Chicken Breast: 2 skinless chicken breasts
- Cherry Tomato: 140g cherry tomato, halved
- Basil Leaf: small handful Thai or ordinary basil leaves, chopped if large
- Spring Onion: 4 spring onions, finely sliced
- Carrot: 1 large carrot, finely cut into thin matchsticks
- Lime: grated zest and juice 1 small lime
- Sesame Oil: 1 tsp sesame oil
- Sweet Chilli Sauce: 2 tsp sweet chilli sauce
- Fish Sauce: 1 tsp fish sauce
- Salad: 85g herb or baby salad leaves
- Soya Bean: 85g frozen soya bean
- Sesame Seed: 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Directions
- Put the chicken in a pan and pour over cold water to cover. Tip the soya beans into a steamer. Bring the pan to a gentle simmer, then cook the chicken for 8 mins with the beans above.
- Meanwhile, mix the dressing ingredients in a large bowl. When the chicken is cooked, slice and toss in the dressing along with the beans, carrot, onions, tomatoes, coriander and basil. Mix really well, pile onto the salad leaves and sprinkle with the sesame seeds.
