Healthy & Fresh Pad Thai With Chicken
Healthy & Fresh Pad Thai With Chicken
Packed with goodies! This lunch or dinner recipe is an absolute winner. Full of colour, flavour, texture and nutrients – give it a go and see for yourself.Oh, by the way… the peanut dressing is AMAZING!
Ingredients
- 180 g soba noodles 2 bundles
- 1 carrot large, cut into strips or julienned
- 2 lebanese cucumbers cut into strips or julienned
- 1 red capsicum small, cut into thin strips
- 1 yellow capsicum small, cut into thin strips
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken chopped
- 5 spring onions finely sliced
- 1 cup coriander leaves roughly chopped
- 1 cup mint leaves roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup peanuts toasted & chopped
Peanut Dressing
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 lime juice squeezed
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
- 2 teaspoons ginger finely chopped or grated
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- For the dressing: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl or small jug. The dressing will be quite thick, so gradually add a teaspoon of water at a time, then whisk and check the consistency. You want to thin it out, but not so much that it makes the salad wet. Set aside.
- Bring a medium saucepan of water to the boil over high heat. Add the soba noodles and cook for no longer than 3 minutes (they become soggy if you overcook them). Drain, run under cold water and set aside.
- To assemble the salad: In a large bowl, place the soba noodles, carrot, cucumber, red capsicum, yellow capsicum, chicken, spring onion, coriander, mint and peanuts. Drizzle over half the dressing and toss through. Add more dressing little by little, until the salad is coated, but not dripping (you may have some dressing left over). If you like, you can garnish with some more coriander and mint leaves before serving.
Notes
If you have peanut dressing left over, store it in a screw-top jar in the fridge, where it will last for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition
Calories: 1809kcalCarbohydrates: 103gProtein: 33gFat: 152gSaturated Fat: 39gPolyunsaturated Fat: 33gMonounsaturated Fat: 73gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 1375mgPotassium: 1664mgFiber: 21gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 5776IUVitamin C: 151mgCalcium: 378mgIron: 10mg
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