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BBQ chicken salad with zingy ginger dressing

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 20 mins, plus 20 mins marinating
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Zingy ginger dressing
  • 3 tablespoons salt-reduced soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons soft brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • reserved coriander stalks (from salad, below), finely chopped
  • ½ fresh chilli, minced
  • ¼ cup water
  • Salad
  • 400g boneless and skinless chicken breast, halved horizontally
  • 4 spring onions, chopped in4cm lengths
  • 3 courgettes, sliced lengthwise
  • 2 red capsicums, quartered lengthwise, deseeded
  • 1 tablespoon canola or sunflower oil
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes, red and yellow
  • ½ fresh chilli, chopped
  • ½ cup fresh coriander, stalks reserved (see dressing, above)
  • 4 wholegrain bread rolls, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place soy sauce, vinegar, oil, sugar, ginger, coriander stalks, chilli and water in a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Turn off heat and leave to cool. Place half of the dressing in a small jar in the fridge.

    2 Pour the remaining dressing over chicken and cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes or until ready to cook.

    3 Preheat barbecue. Place chicken on grill bars and cook each side for 2 minutes. Transfer to a clean chopping board.

    4 Toss spring onions, courgettes and capsicums in oil. Barbecue for 5-7 minutes, turning regularly, until tender.

    5 To serve slice chicken thinly and toss with vegetables, spinach, tomatoes, chilli, coriander and reserved dressing. Serve with bread rolls.

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