Chicken and Green Pawpaw Salad

Chicken and Green Pawpaw Salad with Chili Lime Dressing

 

 

 

Recipe Categories : | Chicken | Chicken Breast | Pawpaw | Salad | Cucumber | Chili | Dressings | MAIN INDEX |

Preparation Time : 25 mins. + standing time Cooking Time : 15 mins. Serves : 4

Ingredients :

  • 3 cups (750ml) salt-reduced chicken stock
  • 1 tspn finely chopped coriander root
  • 8 black peppercorns
  • 3cm piece ginger, sliced
  • 4 (800g) chicken breast fillets
  • ½ cup firmly packed mint leaves
  • ½ cup coriander leaves
  • 1 (400g) green pawpaw, sliced thinly
  • 1 (130g) Lebanese cucumber, seeded, sliced thinly
  • 4 small (70g) red radishes


Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

  1. Combine the stock, coriander root, peppercorns and ginger in a medium frying pan; bring to the boil. Add chicken ( the stock should barely cover it), reduce heat, simmer gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes, turning halfway, or until the chicken is cooked through. Stand chicken in the stock for 10 minutes.
  2. Remove chicken from stock, allow to cool. Slice thinly.
  3. For Chili Lime dressing : Combine all the ingredients in a bowl; whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Combine the mint, coriander, pawpaw, cucumber and thinly sliced radish in a large serving bowl. Just before serving, add chicken and Chili Lime dressing, and toss gently to combine.