Salads

Qukes® Baby Snacking Cucumbers and Thai Chicken Salad

Qukes® baby snacking cucumbers add a refreshing, crisp taste sensation to this delicious Thai salad.

Serves 4.
Prep Time: 45 minutes.
Cooking Time: 15 minutes.

Ingredients

• 8 Qukes® baby snacking cucumbers, cut diagonally
• 4 celery stalks, cut diagonally
• 4 spring onions, cut diagonally
• 2 chicken breasts, cut lengthwise into 2cm strips
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 large chilli, cut into strips
• 1/2 bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped
• 1/4 bunch mint, roughly chopped

Dressing

• Jjuice of one lime
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 20g palm sugar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 100ml peanut oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1cm square ginger, finely chopped

Cooking Instructions

• Poach the chicken strips in the soy and chicken stock until cooked, remove to cool and then slice into bite size pieces.
• Combine all dressing ingredients, except the palm sugar.
• Heat the dressing ingredients sufficiently to melt the palm sugar, then cool.
• Gently toss the chicken pieces with the vegetables and herbs.
• Add the dressing and mix well.