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Yvonne's Zesty Chicken Salad
To find out how to make Yvonne's zesty chicken salad, read on...
To feed 2 people, you will need:
- 2 boiled/shredded chicken
- 3 large handfuls of cooked GIANT couscous
- 1 courgette sliced diagonally
- 1 red onion sliced
- 3 handfuls of sliced sugarsnap peas
- 2 ribboned carrots
- Large packet of pea shoots salad leaves
- Large handful of chopped coriander and parsley leaves for topping
Method:
- Boil giant couscous, drain and serve cold
- Boil chicken breast (as whole) until cooked. Leave it to rest for 10 minutes before you shred it with a fork.
- Add pea shoot salad leaves in a large bowl
- Add sugarsnap peas (cut diagonally) and ribboned carrots
- Make the miso, sesame & ginger dressing, and massage about 3 tbsp of the dressing into the salad
- Add cooked left over courgettes and red onions, cooked giant couscous, and shredded chicken.
- Gently mix together and serve with herbs and seeds toppings.
To make the miso, sesame & ginger dressing, mix together in a jar:
- 2 tsp miso paste (fermented soybeans paste) - lovely in soups, and stews.
- 2 tsp maple syrup or any honey
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar (or white wine) - don't use regular white wine vinegar as we want delicate flavour)
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 thumb sized freshly grated ginger
Optional:
- 2 tsp black sesame seeds, 1 finely sliced spring onion
Enjoy!