Crunchy Chicken Salad

Ingredients for Crunchy Chicken Salad:

1. Chicken noodles – 1 packet

2. Almonds broken into two – 1/4 cup

   Sesame seeds – 2 big spoons

3. Boneless chicken – 200 grams

    Water – 1/4 cup

    Pepper powder – 1/2 small spoon

    Oil – 2 small spoons

4. Spring onion – 2, sliced thin

    Capsicum – 1, chopped

    Cabbage chopped – 2 cups

For dressing:

5. Olive oil – 3 big spoons

    Vinegar – 2 big spoons

    Soya sauce – 1 big spoon

    Sugar – 2 small spoons

How to prepare Crunchy Chicken Salad?

1. Remove the masala sachet from noodles packet and then smash the noodles within the packet itself.

2. Deep fry the broken noodles in hot oil.

3. When noodles turn light brown, add almonds and sesame and continue frying till they turn light brown.

4. Cook chicken adding quarter cup water, pepper powder, oil and the noodles masala which we removed from noodles packet.

5. Continue cooking until chicken is well cooked and water content is fully absorbed. 

6. Once it is done allow chicken to cool.

7. When chicken cools down completely, cut it into small pieces.

8. Transfer chicken and ingredients: 4 to a bowl.

9. Prepare the dressing by beating ingredients: 5 together in a bowl.

10. Pour it on the top of chicken-vegetable mixture, close it with a lid and keep it inside refrigerator for half an hour.

11. At the time of serving take it out from refrigerator and transfer it to glass bowl.

12. Spread the fried noodles mixture on the top and serve.

13. You can mix the contents just before you serve this chicken salad.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, February 17 – March 1st, 2024

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