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Great
Recipes - Chinese-style Chicken Salad Recipe
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Chinese-style Chicken
Salad Recipe
Ingredients
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4 boneless chicken breasts (about 175g/6 oz
each)
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60ml/4 tbsp dark soy sauce
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pinch of Chinese five-spice powder
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squeeze of lemon juice
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1/2 cucumber, peeled and cut into matchsticks
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5ml/1 tsp salt
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45ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil
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30ml/2 tbsp sesame oil
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15ml/1 tbsp sesame seeds
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30ml/2 tbsp dry sherry
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2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
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8 spring onions, shredded
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75g/3 oz bean sprouts
For the sauce
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60ml/4 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
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10ml/2 tsp lemon juice
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10ml/2 tsp sesame oil
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1.5ml/1/4 tsp hot chili powder
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1 spring onion, finely chopped
Serves 4
Method:
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Put the chicken into a saucepan and cover with
water. Add 15ml/1 tbsp of soy sauce, the Chinese
five-spice powder and lemon juice. Cover, bring to
the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes. Then skin and
slice into thin strips.
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Sprinkle the cucumber matchsticks with salt. leave
for 30 minutes, then rinse and pat dry.
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Fry the sesame seeds in the oils for 30 seconds,
then stir in the remaining soy sauce and the sherry.
Add the carrots and stir-fry for 2 minutes, then
remove from the heat.
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Mix together the cucumber, spring onions, bean
sprouts, carrots, pan juices and chicken. Transfer
to a shallow dish. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
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For the sauce, cream the first four ingredients
together, then stir in the spring onion. Serve the
chicken with the sauce.
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