I’ve had so many requests for salads lately (all from JHB I might tell you) so I thought I’d try this one. It was really tasty and took about 15 minutes start to finish. This is enough for 2 so double it if you need to.
What you need
50ml white wine vinegar
50ml olive oil
30ml sesame oil
1 heaped tablespoon honey
splash of light soy sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
pinch of salt
2/3 chicken breasts cooked (poach in water for 5 minutes)
1 small chinese cabbage shredded
1 large carrot finely sliced (Use a potato peeler and then slice)
1 bunch small spring onions finely sliced
1 iceberg lettuce shredded
Oyster sauce
The process
Add all of the dressing ingredients, oils, honey, soy, mustard and salt to a bowl and whisk furiously until they have emulsified. if you have a hand held whizzer(not sure what they are called) use that.
Take the cooked chicken and slice into very thing slices across the gran and then pull the pieces apart to shred well.
Place all of the salad ingredients, along with the chicken into a large bowl and pour over the dressing.
Toss it or mix it with your hands to ensure that all of the leaves are coated with the dressing.
Place a generous amount on each plate and add a little oyster sauce on the top.
Its really yummy, serve with warm, crisp french loaf.
You can also sprinkle over some sesame seeds or add a little finely sliced red chilli to spice it up a bit or a few finely sliced pieces of pear or mango for a really good light lunch in the sun for those in JHB!
Christmas Gift Ideas | Parenting |
Print This Recipe
Email This Recipe to a friend
| 
Hi Graham
Do you have a 3 bean salad in your archives ? Would be most grateful.
Thanks
Andrew
Hi Andrew, sure thing.
http://cookbook.co.za/salads/three-bean-salad/
Enjoy it G
Hi G,
Excuse ignorance but please tell me how to poach chicken.I always end up boiling.
Keep those salad recipes rolling after all your fat-piling Winter recipes we need to slim down a little !
Hi barbara, I put about 1 cm of water in a pan that has a lid, season it with salt and pepper, bring it to the boil, reduce heat to a slow simmer, place the chicken in it and then lid on for about 5 minutes. if you are doing something like smoked haddock, use milk. Steaming is also fine, you just want a simple way to cook it through. Cheers for now G
Ok that is what I was doing but steaming sounds easier less hassle.
Thats it, slim down time and for me BEACH TIME… Really cant wait
Only Jo Burg would request salads its going in to summer we need to loose kgs after all that winter sock piling.