Thai chicken and veggie noodle salad

BITSOFCAREY
4 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 25 mins
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The perfect meal for hot summer evenings!

By Food24 January 26 2016
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Ingredients (19)

3 chicken breast fillets — on the bone
1 onion — peeled and quartered
4 lime leaves — dried
1 l stock — chicken
DRESSING:
1x 400 g coconut cream — tinned
45 ml fish sauce
10 ml honey — or sugar
lime — zest and juice
15 ml red chilli — finely chopped
2 garlic — cloves, crushed
15 ml fresh ginger — grated
fresh coriander — finely chopped
3 lime leaves — dried
6-8 courgettes — large, spiralized
butternut — small
fresh mixed herbs — basil, mint and coriander, chopped
4 spring onions — sliced diagonally
Garnish:
lime — wedges
red chilli — thinly sliced
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Method:

Method:
Place the chicken, stock, onion and lime leaves in a medium heavy based pot. Cover and bring to a gentle simmer and cook for +- 25 minutes.

Remove chicken and allow to cool slightly. Remove skin and bone and shred into bite size pieces.

Combine all the dressing ingredients together and season with more lime or fish sauce if needed. Allow to stand while chicken is cooking and cooling. Remove lime leaves.

In a large bowl, combine warm shredded chicken with the veggie noodles, herbs and spring onions. Add the dressing and mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are smothered in the fragrant dressing.

Serve immediately or chill for an hour or two for a cold and refreshing salad.

Garnish with lime wedges and sliced chilli

Variations:
Add a handful of peanuts to the salad
Add 15 ml of peanut butter to the dressing
Replace chicken with 400 g cooked peeled prawns
Replace butternut with 1 large sweet potato or 6 carrots

Reprinted with permission of Bits of Carey.

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