Chicken and sugar snap salad. Chicken salads are convenient, popular and a great vehicle for adding vegetables and fruits. Unfortunately, too often they're heavily loaded with dressing. I'm always looking for different twists for this salad.
The crisp salad comes together quickly, too, which makes this a. This salad is so good, whenever I make it I wish I had more leftover chicken so I could make it again right away. I love this with regular fresh basil, but if you have Thai Basil on For each salad you'll need some chopped cucumber, sliced fresh basil, slivers of red bell pepper, and sliced sugar snap peas. You can have Chicken and sugar snap salad using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken and sugar snap salad
- You need 75 g of chorizo ring, cut into 2cm cubes, (paper removed!).
- You need 1 tsp of olive oil.
- Prepare half of yellow pepper, cut into strips.
- Prepare 2 of chicken breasts, cut into strips.
- It's 4 of asparagus spears, woody parts cut off - chopped into 2 cm chunks.
- You need 100 g of sugar snap peas - halved.
- It's 10 of plum tomatoes, fresh and chopped in half.
- It's of salt and pepper.
- You need half of bag washed rocket.
Serve fresh sugar snap peas raw and sliced thin with this simple, creamy, tangy buttermilk dressing. This is spring produce at its best. Come springtime, sugar snap peas are so tender and fresh it's almost a shame to cook them. We prefer slicing them thinly and eating them raw with a simple.
Chicken and sugar snap salad step by step
- Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Fry the chorizo over a medium heat for 5 minutes to release the juices..
- Add the pepper and cook for a few minutes. Add the chicken and fry with the lid on for 10 minutes or until cooked through..
- Add the sugar snaps and asparagus and fry for a few minutes, again with the lid on - don't overcook as they're nice with a crunch..
- Add salt and pepper to taste and stir. Finally, add the tomatoes and cook for 2 - 3 minutes..
- Put 2 good handfuls of rocket on a plate and pile on the chicken mixture. For bigger appetites, serve in a wrap (or two) with a little mayo... yummy!.
Use it with fresh ingredients like sugar snap peas and mixed greens. Learn how to create your own Flavored Salts. I love using sugar snap peas in all kinds of recipes, from stir-fries to salads, but find the task of de-stringing them (you really have to do both Stir in the oyster and soy sauces along with the sugar, and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, the vegetables are crisp-tender, and the sauce is slightly. Spring vegetables and chicken breast strips sauteed with fresh ginger, lime juice, and a touch of soy sauce for a quick weeknight meal. I love the crunch of the sugar snap peas with the chicken, and my daughter loves crunching on them raw while I'm cooking.