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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!
Ingredients
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!
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Hello there! How much cabbage and radish should I prepare for this salad? I didn’t happen to see them on the recipe, just in the description.