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This stunning looking salad with a perky soya-lime dressing works deliciously in winter with clementines, in summer with succulent peaches and with mangos any old time. Now that’s smart use of fresh ingredients all year long! And with only a smidgen of oil, it’s far from high fat, calorie shy and loaded with nutrients.
This stunning looking salad with a perky soya-lime dressing works deliciously in winter with clementines, in summer with succulent peaches and with mangos any old time. Now that’s smart use of fresh ingredients all year long! And with only a smidgen of oil, it’s far from high fat, calorie shy and loaded with nutrients.
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Four-Season Warm Asian Salad (With Spinach)
1/4 cup
sherry
60 mL
2 Tbsp
soy sauce
30 mL
2 Tbsp
lime juice, fresh
30 mL
2 tsp
fish sauce
10 mL
2 tsp
sugar
10 mL
1 tsp
hot-garlic chili sauce
5 mL
8 cups
baby spinach
2 L
1/2
English cucumber
1/2
3 - 4
clementine
3 - 4
or
1
mango, small
1
or
3
peaches, ripe
3
or
3
nectarines, ripe
3
1/2 cup
basil, fresh, shredded
125 mL
or
1/2 cup
mint, fresh, shredded
125 mL
1 Tbsp
canola oil
15 mL
1 lb
chicken strips
500 g
or
1 lb
chicken, cut into bite-size pieces 1/2 inch (1.25 cm)
500 g
Preparation
Serves 3 - 4
Cook time :
15 min
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Preparation time :
15 min
Four-Season Warm Asian Salad (With Spinach)
1
Prepare the dressing by whisking sherry with soya sauce, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and hot-garlic chili sauce. Place the spinach in a large bowl. Slice the cucumber in half lengthwise, then use a spoon to scrape out and discard seeds. Thinly slice the cucumber and add to the spinach. If using clementines, peel and separate into segments or coarsely chop. Or peel mango or peaches, slice from pit and coarsely chop. Add to spinach. Sprinkle in the basil.
2
Just before serving, heat a large wide frying pan over medium heat. Add the oil and tip the pan to evenly coat the bottom. Add the chicken pieces, trying to keep them from touching each other. Cook until light golden, from 2 to 3 minutes a side. Then reduce heat to low. Cover and continue cooking until chicken feels springy when pressed, about 2 to 3 more minutes a side.
3
Whisk the dressing and pour over the chicken in the pan. Stir about a minute to heat and give chicken a chance to absorb a little of the dressing. Immediately pour over the spinach mixture, toss and serve.
Notes: You can use up whatever goodies you may have lurking in your vegetable crisper. Consider adding blanched bite-size pieces of asparagus or snow peas, sliced celery, sliced mushrooms, julienned red or orange pepper, shredded lettuce, sliced red or green onions, snipped chives or bean sprouts. It also works well with cooked chicken pieces. Simply heat in a frying pan in the sauce, stirring constantly.
