Silver and Jade Salad Recipe

Recipe : Silver and Jade Salad

Ingredients :

2 cooked chicken breasts, chilled
125g broccoli florets
125g mangetout
250g cooked plain fettuccine
250g cooked spinach fettuccine
1 small green pepper, seeded and finely sliced
4 spring onions, cut into 2.5 cm pieces
1 recipe Ginger and Mustard Dressing
2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Method :

Finely slice the cooked chicken breasts. Blanch the broccoli and mangetout: Two thirds fill a saucepan with water and bring to a rapid boil. Meanwhile, prepare a large bowl of iced water. When the water boils, plunge in the broccoli and mangetout for 1 minute. Quickly drain the vegetables and immediately plunge them into the bowl of iced water. Drain once more.

Microwave method: Place all the vegetables on a flat, microwave dish and microwave on 'high' for 2 minutes. Cool immediately, as above. Combine the two kinds of cooked fettuccine. Arrange on a flat serving dish. Arrange the blanched vegetables, capsicum and sliced spring onion over the pasta. Top with the sliced chicken breast. Just before serving, spoon over the Ginger and Mustard Dressing and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. The white and green pastas and crisp, bright green mangetout combine with the other ingredients to make a dish that features color, texture and flavour.

Serves 4 - 6

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