Sesame-lime chicken salad on baby kale
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Total time: 12 min • Prep: 12 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 1 • Difficulty: Easy
Leftover cooked chicken breast gets an eye-catching makeover in this Asian-inspired salad. Quick and beautiful, this no-cook salad is ready in only 12 minutes making eating-for-one easy and delicious. A simple lunch or light dinner, this quick salad features a dressing of sesame, soy sauce and lime juice, full of salty tang. Taking this to work? Keep the dressing in a separate container until you are ready to eat. If you have fresh broccoli or cucumbers on-hand toss them in the mix for amplified vegetable presence. If you cannot find baby kale use baby spinach or some torn kale.
Ingredients
Cooked shredded chicken breast
¾ cup(s)
Red bell pepper
½ small, cut into thin, bite-size strips
Shredded carrots
½ cup(s), or matchstick carrots
Scallions
1 medium, sliced
Fresh lime juice
1½ Tbsp, or to taste
Low sodium soy sauce
1 Tbsp
Dark sesame oil
1 tsp
Kale
1 cup(s), baby variety
Cilantro
1 Tbsp, chopped
Instructions
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Combine chicken, pepper, carrots, scallion, lime juice, soy sauce and oil in a bowl; toss to coat. Line a plate with kale, top with chicken salad and cilantro.
2
Makes 1 serving.
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