Grilled chilli chicken with green mango salad

Serves: 4

Time to make: 33 mins

Hands-on time: 25 mins

Ingredients

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2 long red chillies, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
½ cup lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 ½ tablespoons rice bran oil
2 teaspoons grated palm sugar or brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
12 (about 600g) chicken tenderloins
50g rice vermicelli noodles
2 green mangoes, cut in matchsticks (with a mandolin or julienne peeler)
2 Lebanese cucumbers, cut in matchsticks (with a mandolin or julienne peeler)
200g crunchy sprout mix
2 cups mixed baby salad greens
½ small red onion, thinly sliced
½ cup fresh coriandercilantroX
⅓ cup fresh Thai basil or mint
2 tablespoons unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, roughly chopped

Instructions

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1 To make marinade, blend chillies, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, oil and sugar until smooth. Transfer 1/2 cup to a large salad bowl. Place remaining marinade and chicken in a medium-sized bowl and turn chicken to coat.

2 Heat barbecue grill or set chargrill pan over a high heat. Cook chicken, turning and brushing with any remaining marinade in bowl, for 6-8 minutes or until cooked through.

3 Meanwhile, place noodles in a medium-sized heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave noodles to stand for 5 minutes or until tender. Use a fork to separate noodles. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Cut noodles in 10cm lengths.

4 Place remaining ingredients in salad bowl of marinade. Add noodles and toss gently to combine. Serve chilli chicken with green mango salad.

Variations

To take some heat out of the chillies (and dressing), remove chilli seeds.
If mangoes aren’t available, use green papaya or grated courgette.
Make it gluten free: Check fish sauce is gluten free.

HFG tip

Palm sugar can be bought in hardened discs.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 422 cal

Kilojoules 1770 kJ

Protein 40 g

Total fat 12 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 35 g

Sugar 25 g

Dietary fibre 5 g

Sodium 480 mg

Calcium 90 mg

Iron 2.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.