Teriyaki Chicken and Noodle Salad
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Difficulty:
easy
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Preparation:
20 min.
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This dish is a fun twist on traditional chicken teriyaki and is surprisingly light with approximately 300 calories per serving.
The chicken is very filling and adds muscle-building protein to this dish. One serving contains a little over 26 grams of protein!
Author of this recipe:
EAT-SMARTER
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 3 Chicken breasts
- 3 Tbsps Teriyaki sauce
- 3 Tbsps Oil
- 3 ½ ozs thin Rice noodles
- 2 Tbsps Sesame seeds
- 1 tsp red Curry paste
- 1 Tbsp Rice vinegar
- ½ Red onion (thinly sliced)
- 1 carrot (cut into sticks)
- 0.333 Cucumber (cut into thin sticks)
- 2 cups Bean sprout
- 1 cup mixed greens spinach, rocket (arugula) and watercress
Preparation steps
1.
Put the chicken breast fillets into a shallow dish. Mix 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce with 2 tablespoons oil and brush the chicken with the mixture. Cover and leave to marinate for 1 hour.
2.
Cook the noodles in boiling, salted water for 5 minutes, then drain thoroughly and rinse in cold water. Drain and set aside.
3.
Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and toast the sesame seeds, then stir in the curry paste, vinegar and the remaining teriyaki sauce.
4.
Put the noodles, onion, carrot and cucumber into a bowl, add the sauce and mix well.
5.
Heat a frying pan and cook the chicken for about 10 minutes, turning once, until cooked through. Slice the chicken breasts at an angle.
6.
Mix the salad leaves and bean sprouts into the noodle salad and serve in glasses, topped with slices of chicken breast.
