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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