Asian chicken salad

Asian chicken salad

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

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Low-fat

Method

  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.
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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.

PER SERVING

109 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 6g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 5g, sugar 1.6g, salt 0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 26 July 2009

    starkl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    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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  • 24 September 2009

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    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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    08 May 2010

    Non rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    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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  • 17 January 2011

    Claire rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    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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  • 06 September 2011

    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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  • 23 September 2011

    smiler rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    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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  • 11 January 2012

    Michele rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Hardly any effort and absolutely delicious.

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  • Binder photo Mia

    25 January 2012

    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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  • 17 March 2012

    Frank rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Nice, basic and easy! I recommend it

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  • 23 March 2012

    CarolineBottomley rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty

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  • 23 May 2012

    cup cake rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

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

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  • 16 July 2012

    lulujersey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this the night before for lunch at work. Only 3 WW propoints so winner in my books :)

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  • 31 July 2012

    Cathy commented on this recipe

    We doubled the amount of salad leaves but kept the same quantities of everything else, the dressing is delicious! Will certainly be making this again soon!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • zest and juice ½ lime (about 1 tbsp)
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 100g bag mixed salad leaves
  • large handful coriander , roughly chopped
  • ¼ red onion , thinly sliced
  • ½ chilli , deseeded and thinly sliced
  • ¼ cucumber , halved lengthways, sliced
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PER SERVING

109 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 6g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 5g, sugar 1.6g, salt 0 g

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