Oriental chicken salad
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This is an exotic, delicious mix of sliced chicken breast with papaya, button mushrooms and spring onions, all tossed in a heavenly spicy dressing made with orange blossom honey and mint. This dressing is a real reputation-maker.
Ingredients
- 4 medium chicken breasts, skin onSalt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 sticks celery, chopped
- 2 spring onions chopped
- 2 papayas
- 100g/4oz button mushrooms, sliced
- 4 spring onions, trimmed and cut on the slant
- Dressing
- 2tbsp orange blossom honey
- Juice of a lemon
- 1tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2tbsp lemon olive oil
- 2 red chillies, seeded and chopped
- 2tbsp fresh mint, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Mint sprigs for decoration
Method
- Season chicken breasts and place in a pan with celery and spring onions. Cover with water. Bring to bubbling then turn down to simmer for 2 mins.
- Cover with a lid and turn off heat. Leave to cool in the liquor. This ensures delicious moist flesh.
- Remove chicken from liquor. Remove and discard skin. Slice chicken thinly and reserve.
- Peel, de-seed and slice papayas and add to chicken. Add sliced mushrooms and spring onions.
- For the dressing, place honey in a bowl and stir in lemon juice and white wine vinegar. Whisk in lemon oil and add chillies and mint. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Pour dressing over chicken mix and toss well. Serve immediately. decorated with mint sprigs
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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