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Poached Chicken Salad with a Creamy Sesame Dressing

By Lindsey Baruch

5 from 1 vote

on Jan 11, 2021, Updated Sep 30, 2022

Poached Chicken Salad with a Creamy Sesame Dressing 

I LOVE this crisp and refreshing poached chicken salad with a creamy sesame dressing. It is so easy to make and comes together so beautifully, not to mention all the colors!

There are 3 steps to the recipe:

First, the poached chicken.

Second, the vegetable bounty for the salad.

And third, a homemade creamy sesame dressing, made with chickpea butter.

How’s It’s Done:

You’ll start by poaching your chicken with ginger, garlic, pepper and salt – SO EASY.

Then you’ll assemble and thinly slice all your vegetables like carrots, jicama, Persian cucumbers & green cabbage! Love to top mine with green onions, sesame seeds, cilantro, and watermelon radish to bring ti all together.

Then you’ll make your creamy dreamy dressing.

It consists of a blend of chickpea butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, water, ginger, sesame oil, cloves, sesame seeds, shallots, chili flakes.

You’ll assemble everything together and BOOM, we are ready to eat!

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5 from 1 vote

Poached Chicken Salad with a Creamy Sesame Dressing

By: Lindsey Baruch

I LOVE this crisp and refreshing poached chicken salad with a creamy sesame dressing. It is so easy to make and comes together so beautifully, not to mention all the colors!

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

Servings: 4

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Ingredients 

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For the Poached Chicken

• ▢ 1 thumb ginger
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves
• ▢ 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ 1 lb chicken breasts

For the Salad

• ▢ 2 carrots, julienned
• ▢ 1 cup jicama, in matchsticks
• ▢ 2 Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced
• ▢ ¼ cup green onions, thinly sliced
• ▢ Sesame seeds, cilantro, sliced watermelon radish to garnish

For the Dressing

• ▢ ¼ cup Field Trip Chickpea Butter
• ▢ ½ tablespoons rice vinegar
• ▢ 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• ▢ 1 tablespoon honey
• ▢ 1 tablespoon warm water
• ▢ 1 thumb ginger
• ▢ 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• ▢ 1 garlic clove
• ▢ 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• ▢ 1 shallot
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon chili flakes

Instructions 

• To begin, make your dressing by placing all your components in a blender. Blend until all combined and a creamy sauce has formed, set aside.
• Next, place your chicken in a pot and cover with water, add your aromatics and bring to a boil, then simmer until fully cooked. Remove and shred/slice. Set aside.
• Slice and assemble all your vegetables for the salad. Toss in a bowl with your dressing and poached chicken. Serve!

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 27g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.01g, Cholesterol: 73mg, Sodium: 1141mg, Potassium: 519mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 78IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 41mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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