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Poached chicken & smashed cucumber salad

Poached chicken & smashed cucumber salad with rice

Smashing the cucumber creates rough edges, which soak up the flavours of the spicy, soy and garlic-infused dressing better than slices.

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  • Serves2
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare20 mins
  • Cook15 mins
  • Total time35 mins

Ingredients

  • 380g pack slower reared chicken breast fillets
  • 1 clove/s garlic, finely grated or crushed
  • 1½ tbsp Chinese rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp reduced-salt light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Chiu Chow Chilli Oil, or ¼ tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 cucumber, halved lengthways
  • 1 stick celery, finely sliced
  • ¼ x 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 40g roasted cashew nuts, roughly chopped
  • 1 handful/s coriander, leaves roughly chopped
  • 250g pouch jasmine or long grain rice, to serve

Method

  1. Bring a large saucepan of water to a simmer. Carefully add the chicken breasts and cook for 9-10 minutes until thoroughly cooked with no pink meat and juices that run clear. Turn off the heat and transfer to a chopping board.

  2. Meanwhile, mix the garlic, vinegar, soy sauce and sesame and chilli oils (or flakes) in a large bowl. Scrape out and discard the seeds using a teaspoon, then place the cucumber halves on a chopping board, cut-side down. Using a rolling pin, bash all over until cracked in places.

  3. Roughly chop the cucumber and toss into the dressing with the celery and onion. Stir through the cashews and coriander.

  4. Divide the cooked rice and cucumber salad between plates, then slice the poached chicken and arrange over the top.

Cook’s tip

Scatter over a generous handful of Cooks’ Ingredients Crispy Fried Onions to serve, for added crunch and caramelised onion flavour. Or try a spoonful of aromatic toasted sesame seeds.

Nutritional

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Energy

2,523kJ/ 600kcals

Fat

19.4g

Saturated Fat

3.9g

Carbohydrates

50.3g

Sugars

4.9g

Fibre

3.3g

Protein

54.3g

Salt

1.1g

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