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Chicken and cashew salad

Chicken and cashew salad

Name: Chicken and cashew salad
Total time: 15 min
Yield: serves 1
Ingredients: 1 small cooked skinless chicken breast shredded; 1 carrot peeled and shredded; a small handful green beans trimmed and sliced; ¼ small white or red cabbage finely shredded; 1 shallot finely sliced; a handful watercress; 2 tbsp cashew nuts toasted; 1 tsp sesame seeds toasted; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 1 tsp lime juice; 1 tsp soy sauce; chopped to make 1 tbsp chives; 1 tsp rice wine vinegar

Published: June 9, 2016 at 10:26 AM

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serves 1

Easy

Total time: 15 mins

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This chicken and cashew salad recipe is packed with lots of protein and fresh flavours but is easy to make and ready in just 15 minutes. Plus, it's under 500 calories

Low salt

Low sugar

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 small cooked skinless chicken breast

shredded
1 carrot

peeled and shredded
a small handful green beans

trimmed and sliced
¼ small white or red cabbage

finely shredded
1 shallot

finely sliced
a handful watercress
2 tbsp cashew nuts

toasted
1 tsp sesame seeds

toasted
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 tsp lime juice
1 tsp soy sauce
chopped to make 1 tbsp chives
1 tsp rice wine vinegar

Nutrition: per serving

kcal491
fat23.9g
saturates5g
carbs21.8g
sugars14g

low
fibre10.5g
protein41.8g
salt1g

low

Method

step 1

Mix the dressing ingredients together with some seasoning, and loosen with 1 tsp water. Toss the chicken, carrot, green beans, cabbage, shallot and the dressing in a bowl. Just before serving add the watercress, roughly chop the cashews and add to the bowl. Sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.

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