Recipes

Asian Chicken Salad

This healthy chicken salad with Asian spices is a great way to use your leftover chicken from the Sunday roast. Add some colour and flavour into your lunch with these healthy oriental tips.

2 minute read

To serve 3, you will need:

• Roasted chicken (ideally left over from a roast dinner)
• ½ red cabbage, finely sliced
• 5 spring onions, finely sliced
• 2 red chillies, finely sliced
• 3 carrots, grated
• Handful of roasted salted peanuts or cashews, roughly crushed
• Small bunch of coriander, roughly chopped
• 3tbsp hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seed oil

1. Shred the chicken into big chunks and put in a large bowl.  Add the spring onions, carrots, chillies, cabbage and half the coriander.
    
2. Mix the hoisin sauce and sesame oil in a separate bowl.  Add to the large bowl and toss together with the vegetables.
    
3. Serve with the remaining coriander and sprinkle with nuts.