Chef Ray – The Ultimate Chicken Salad

The marinade adds flavour to the chicken that compliments the dressing of the salad perfectly.

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The Ultimate Chicken Salad

The marinade adds flavour to the chicken that compliments the dressing of the salad perfectly.

Course: Main Course

Keyword: Healthy Food, Healthy Food Guide, Healthy Meal, Healthy Meals for One (or Two), HFG

Servings: 2

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs, sliced
• ½ head of broccoli, chopped into pieces
• 2 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• ½ tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
• 2 small red or green chillies, finely chopped
• juice of 2 limes

The marinade

• 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp. fish sauce
• 1 Tbsp. honey
• 1 garlic clove., crushed
• 2 crushed chillies
• 1 lime juice
• 1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted

Instructions

• First, make the marinade. Put all the marinade ingredients into a large bowl and mix well. Add the chicken thighs and stir well so they are fully coated. Cover and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes or overnight.
• When you are ready to start cooking, heat a griddle pan until very hot and remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade. Lightly char the chicken pieces on all sides in the pan for a coule of minutes.
• Put the leftover marinade in the saucepan, bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add the charred chicken thighs adn cook for a further 10-12 minnutes until cokked through.
• Heat a dry frying pan and cook the broccoli over a medium heat for about 7 minutes, tossing regularly.
• Put the cooked broccoli, spring onions(scallions), garlic, ginger, chillies and lime juice in a bowl and mx well.
• Serve the broccoli salad alongside the chicken and its sauce drizzled over the top.

Notes

Brennand, Tyrone (2020) Be The Fittest Hardie Grant Publishing

Although I’m not a qualified chef I do like to pretend I’m on Master Chef. I source the recipes from the stated source (not sauce) and make them by taking photos of the meal I produce for myself.

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