Quick Chinese Chicken Salad

Name: Quick Chinese Chicken Salad
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: chicken breasts; salt; garlic; ginger; scallions, spring or green onions; chili bean sauce; soy sauce, tamari; sugar; rice vinegar; tahini (sesame paste); salt; black pepper; sesame oil; rice vinegar; iceberg lettuce

If you just need a quick dinner, this scrumptious salad is the perfect dish for you!

Yield

4 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Ready

45 min

Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
¾	pounds	chicken breasts skinless
2	teaspoons	salt
1	clove	garlic
1	slice	ginger fresh	*
2		scallions, spring or green onions with green tops trimmed
2	teaspoons	chili bean sauce	*
2	teaspoons	soy sauce, tamari dark
1	teaspoon	sugar
2	teaspoons	rice vinegar white
2	teaspoons	tahini (sesame paste) sesame paste, OR peanut butter	*
½	teaspoon	salt
½	teaspoon	black pepper freshly ground
2	teaspoons	sesame oil
2	tablespoons	rice vinegar white
½	pound	iceberg lettuce finely shredded

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
340.2	g	chicken breasts skinless
1E+1	ml	salt
1	each	garlic
1	each	ginger fresh	*
2	each	scallions, spring or green onions with green tops trimmed
1E+1	ml	chili bean sauce	*
1E+1	ml	soy sauce, tamari dark
5	ml	sugar
1E+1	ml	rice vinegar white
1E+1	ml	tahini (sesame paste) sesame paste, OR peanut butter	*
2.5	ml	salt
2.5	ml	black pepper freshly ground
1E+1	ml	sesame oil
3E+1	ml	rice vinegar white
226.8	g	iceberg lettuce finely shredded

Directions

Remove the skin from the chicken breasts and place breasts in a pot. Put in enough cold water to cover the chicken, add the salt.

Bring the mixture to a simmer, cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and cover tightly. Let the chicken sit in the hot water for 10 minutes.

While the chicken is sitting, combine the sauce mixture ingredients together in a blender and set aside. Toss the lettuce with the white rice vinegar and place on a platter.

Remove the chicken and allow to cool. Pull off the meat, finely shred and toss with the sauce. Place the chicken with sauce on top of the lettuce and serve at once.