Four-Season Warm Asian Salad (With Spinach)
Ingredients
Food Safety
Before you start, wash all surfaces and your hands with soap and warm water, and remember to wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards after they touch raw meat or eggs. Avoid cross-contamination by using a different cutting board for your meat and other ingredients. Make sure you’re cooking to safe temperatures and chilling any leftovers within two hours. For more food safety tips, visit our Food Safety at Home Section.
Steps
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.
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.
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.
Helpful Tip
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.
Nutrition Info
| Per 300 g serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calories | 290 |
| Protein | 40 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g |
| Fibre | 4 g |
| Sugar | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 95 mg |
| Sodium | 730 mg |
| Per 300 g serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 19 |
| Calcium | 8 |
| Iron | 15 |
| Vitamin A | 35 |
| Vitamin C | 60 |
| Vitamin B6 | 43 |
| Vitamin B12 | 20 |
| Folate | 13 |
| Zinc | 15 |
