Chicken and Melon Salad with Warm Coriander Dressing

Name: Chicken and Melon Salad with Warm Coriander Dressing
Ingredients: 1 small melon; 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, lightly crushed; 3 skinless, boneless free-range or organic chicken breasts; 2 tablespoons virgin sesame or groundnut oil; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons virgin sesame or groundnut oil; 1-2 tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped; 1 or 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil; 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Substantial enough to serve as a light lunch or supper dish, this sweet and savoury salad has a mellow oriental flavour.

Ingredients

3 skinless, boneless free-range or organic chicken breasts
1 small melon
1 tablespoon coriander

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Poach or steam the chicken for 8 minutes. When cool enough to handle, slice, and arrange the slices on plates, alternating with slices of melon, or put a fan of chicken slices to one side of the plate and a fan of melon slices on the other.

In a small heavy frying pan, toast the coriander and sesame seeds until golden brown. Scatter them over the chicken and melon. In the same pan mix a