Spicy Chicken Strip Salad

Name: Spicy Chicken Strip Salad
Ingredients: 1 large crisp Cos or Webbs lettuce; 1 large crisp Cos or Webbs lettuce; 4 medium skinless chicken breast fillets; juice of 1 lemon; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 2 large cloves garlic; 50 g/2 oz crystallized ginger; 4 pinches cayenne pepper; 1 rounded teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 4 tablespoons groundnut oil; salt; handful fresh coriander leaves

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

This hot and cold salad is a light meal in itself, served with new potatoes or just good bread. It is best prepared in advance so the spices have time to penetrate the chicken. But it then needs only 5 minutes cooking before you eat.

Ingredients

1 large crisp Cos or Webbs lettuce
4 medium skinless chicken breast fillets
juice of 1

Gluten-free

Method

Pull apart the lettuce, put it into a large serving bowl and refrigerate. Slice the chicken breast fillets into thin strips. Put the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of the groundnut oil in a mixing bowl. Stir in the cinnamon, coriander, paprika and cayenne pepper, then season with salt. Add the strips