Minty Asian chicken salad

Minty Asian chicken salad

Cheer up a chicken salad, make it minty and then add some Asian flavours

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Low-fat

Method

  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.

Per serving

320 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 56g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 5g, salt 2.83 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006.

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  • 08 November 2007

    Debbie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A great twist on a salad. Extremely quick to prepare and fresh tasting. I used medium egg noodles instead of rice noodles and replaced the sugar with canderel to make it even more healthy.

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    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

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    I was really disappointed with this recipe, it was just a soggy mess.

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  • 09 June 2010

    pixieboots rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was a great salad I will definitely make it again. really really easy to make.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 250g pack thin rice noodles
  • 2 cooked skinless chicken breasts , shredded
  • ½ cucumber , halved and sliced
  • 3 spring onions , sliced
  • 1 red chilli , finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp soy or fish sauce
  • zest and juice 1 lime
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 20g pack mint , leaves only, roughly chopped
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Per serving

320 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 56g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 5g, salt 2.83 g

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