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Orange Chicken and Rice Salad
Cooked chicken, makes a healthy meal in minutes if you add rice and a little imagination. Perk it up with pistachios, crisp carrot, zesty orange and punchy chives. Delicious!
Ready in 27 mins
Ingredients
- 200g long-grain rice
- 300g carrots, peeled and grated
- juice of 1 large orange
- 2 tsp English mustard
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 tbsp snipped fresh chives
- 400g ready-cooked skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 4 tbsp pistachio nuts
- 200g lamb's lettuce
- orange wedges, to garnish (optional)
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Preparation method
Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 12 mins*For rice, use orzo (Greek rice-shaped pasta)or small soup pasta shapes. *For the chicken, use diced, cooked turkey or ham (or a mixture of both) or smoked pork loin. *For carrots, use grated celeriac with the grated zest and juice of 1 lime instead of the orange.
…get aheadThe salad can be made earlier in the day, a few hours before you want to eat. Cook the rice in advance, drain and leave it to cool. Prepare and mix the other ingredients but keep them separate until the rice has completely cooled. Mix, cover and chill the salad until required. Remove from the fridge about 20 minutes before serving.
…healthy plusMake the salad with brown rice if you have a little more time to spare – the rice takes about 30 minutes to cook.
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