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Chinese-style chicken salad

You can make so many interesting and easy dishes of leftover roast or grilled chicken meat! This Chinese-style chicken salad is a perfect example - ready in just a few minutes! If you want to make it from scratch, just fry/grill/barbecue/roast some chicken breast or thighs and follow the recipe.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup of shredded grilled/roasted chicken meat
  • 1 small romaine lettuce
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 spring onions
  • ½ cup of mangetout Edamame beans or green beans
  • For the dressing:
  • 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp unrefined sugar

Method
 

  1. Whisk the ingredients of the dressing together and set aside.
  2. Separate the leaves of the lettuce. Diagonally slice the spring onion. Using a julienne peeler cut the carrot into thin strips.
  3. Blanch the mangetout or beans in boiling water for a couple of minutes then rinse under cold water.
  4. Arrange the lettuce leaves in a serving dish, then scatter the spring onion, carrot, chicken and mangetout/ green bean on top, then drizzle with the dressing.
  5. Serve at room temperature.