Exotic Mango and Chicken Salad
This tasty chicken and mango salad recipe is a fusion style appetizer, blending the flavours of southeast Asia. This creative cuisine has its roots in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia and this is a really juicy and flavourful starter recipe. You can either serve on a big plate if you are making starters for a buffet or give everyone a plateful. Salad greens and tomato are great as a garnish and this is a great idea for a starter recipe.
The salad dressing used for this exotic mango and chicken salad is a combination of yogurt, ginger, lime juice and soy sauce. You could add some sesame seeds too, if you want to. Half the dressing is used to marinate the chicken and infuse it with Asian flavour and the rest is used to coat the mango, chicken and other ingredients. This delicious Asian salad recipe also includes avocado, snow peas, boiled egg and onion for plenty of texture variety and crunch.
You can serve this Asian salad chilled if you like but it is delicious if you serve it while the chicken is still warm. This is a healthy starter recipe, as well as an incredibly tasty one and you can serve this chicken and mango salad recipe before any main course. This is a great buffet recipe or a colourful and delicious starter for dinner time.
Asian Chicken and Mango Salad Recipe
Ingredients -
4 chicken breast fillets, cut in half horizontally
1 avocado, peeled and chopped
1 mango, peeled and chopped
150g snow peas, trimmed and blanched
2 boiled eggs, shelled and chopped
200g mixed salad leaves
1 tomato, cut into 8 wedges
1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped
400g natural yogurt
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoons soy sauce
5 ½ tablespoons lime juice
Cooking spray
Sprig of fresh parsley, to garnish
Preparation:
Stir the yogurt, ginger, soy sauce and lime juice together and pour half this mixture over the chicken. Leave it in the fridge to marinate for half an hour. Spray a frying pan with cooking spray and saute the marinated chicken over a medium high heat until it is cooked through. Let it cool.
Chop the chicken and toss it with the avocado, mango, snow peas, eggs and onion, as well as the rest of the yogurt dressing. Arrange the salad leaves on a serving platter and spoon the mango and chicken salad on top. Decorate the platter with the tomato wedges and a sprig of parsley.
(Serves 8)
Photo Description:
The blend of textures, colours and flavours in this chicken and mango salad starter is amazing. The juiciness of the mango is wonderful with the succulent chicken, the creamy avocado and the Asian flavoured yogurt dressing. If you are looking for something unusual, this chicken salad recipe is guaranteed to hit the spot. It is easy to make and, if you want to serve it cold, you can make it up to an hour before serving, and just keep it in the fridge. Keep it covered if you are going to that though, so it doesn't dry out.
