Kung pao chicken salad

Name: Kung pao chicken salad
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 skinless chicken breasts butterflied; 1½ tsp Chinese five-spice; 1 romaine lettuce shredded; (such as carrots, red peppers, sugar snap peas, green beans, baby sweetcorn) 400g mixed crunchy salad vegetables; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 3 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 4 spring onions shredded

Published: January 17, 2020 at 1:08 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 25 mins

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Quick, delicious and low calorie - Donal Skehan's kung pao chicken salad has got midweek winner written all over it. Make this Chinese-style chicken salad in just under half an hour.

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This chicken salad recipe is adapted from Super Food in Minutes by Donal Skehan (Hodder, £25). Buy from Amazon here

Ingredients

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1 tbsp olive oil
2 skinless chicken breasts

butterflied
1½ tsp Chinese five-spice
1 romaine lettuce

shredded
(such as carrots, red peppers, sugar snap peas, green beans, baby sweetcorn) 400g mixed crunchy salad vegetables
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
1 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
4 spring onions

shredded

Nutrition: per serving

kcal246
fat8.3g
saturates0.7g
carbs11.6g
sugars10g
fibre6.6g
protein28g
salt1.5g

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and a sprinkle of the chinese five-spice. Fry for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through. Set aside to rest and cool a little, then slice or shred.
step 2

Toss the chicken with the lettuce and mixed veg in a bowl.
step 3

Using a fork, mix together the sweet chilli sauce, remaining chinese five-spice, rice vinegar and soy sauce, then pour over the salad and toss well. Scatter with the sesame seeds and spring onion before serving.

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