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Ginger chicken & peach salad

Name: Ginger chicken & peach salad
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 x 1.5kg/3lb 5oz or 3 x cooked chicken preferably free-range; 4 large ripe peaches stoned; 200g mangetout thinly shredded lengthways; 6 spring onions very finely sliced; 4 tbsp chopped fresh coriander; zest and juice of 2 limes; 2 tbsp clear honey; 2 tbsp freshly grated root ginger; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 6 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Merrilees Parker

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Preparation and cooking time
- Cook:25 mins - 35 mins
Easy
Serves 8

Serve chicken and fresh peaches in a salad with a zingy dressing of lime, honey, ginger and soy sauce

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2 x 1.5kg/3lb 5oz or 3 x cooked chicken
preferably free-range
4 large ripe peaches
stoned
200g mangetout
thinly shredded lengthways
6 spring onions
very finely sliced
4 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
zest and juice of 2 limes
2 tbsp clear honey
2 tbsp freshly grated root ginger
2 tbsp soy sauce
6 tbsp sunflower oil
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Nutrition: per serving

kcal520
fat32g
saturates9g
carbs9g
sugars3g
fibre2g
protein49g
salt1.05g
low

Method

step 1
Remove the meat from the chicken, cut into chunky strips and place in a large mixing bowl. Cut the peaches into wedges and reserve any juice. Add to the chicken with the mangetout, spring onions and coriander.
step 2
Put the lime zest and juice, honey, ginger and soy sauce into a small bowl and season. Slowly whisk in the sunflower oil to form an emulsion, then whisk in the sesame oil. Toss with the salad and serve with the couscous.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2001

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purplepepper

9 years ago

A delicious salad as noted by others. I picked up a peach at the farmers' market yesterday so I could make this with the rotisserie chicken I had left over. Thanks to BBC Good Food, I could not even remember the US name for snow peas, and wrote "mangetout" on my shopping list. I was delighted to…

laurenfisher

10 years ago

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Delicous and easy dish indeed. Serve with Couscous is a little confusing. Couldn't find it in the ingredients list so I left this item out. The chicken how to cook is also confusing. I fried chicken breast which had been rubbed with olive oil salt & pepper and then cooked for about 10 mins on…

julesthenorweegie

11 years ago

This is a very nice salad! I enjoyed the addition of peach to it as well :) It's funny how the dressing brought the protein and the fruit and greens together like that. I tweaked the recipe, added turkey instead of chicken and made a portion for one, you can see my result on my…

woody36

12 years ago

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Fresh and delicious! Fabulous dressing too - I added a small clove of grated garlic just because I can't live without it! Will definitely make again.

kat-may

15 years ago

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I'm not too keen on salads with dressings - I think it makes them soggy, and too carolific - so I made this dish without the oils and soy sauce. I squeezed a lemon over and drizzled a little honey. I also just used three chicken breasts instead of stripping a whole chicken, cut into large chunks…