05 October 2008

STT: Chicken Salad with coconut dressing


CHICKEN SALAD WITH COCONUT DRESSING
This tropical fruit and meat salad should be quite delightful for those looking for a nutritious low-calorie one-dish meal. Serves 4.

Ingredients
300gm boiled chicken, cut into cubes
80gm cubed pineapple (fresh or canned)
20gm raisins
30gm roasted cashew nuts
1 teaspoon red peppercorns
2 tablespoons green peppercorns, chopped

DRESSING
60ml coconut juice
2 teaspoons lime juice
2 tablespoons salad oil

Method
1. Pour coconut juice in a pan, bring to boil and reduce to 1/3.
2. Remove from heat and let it cool.
3. Add lime juice and slowly whisk in the salad oil.
4. In a bowl, mix boiled chicken with pineapple cubes, raisins, cashew nuts, red peppercorns and chopped green peppercorns.
5. Add in coconut dressing.
6. Serve with papayas.