Chicken and wild rice salad with nuts
Chicken and wild rice salad with nuts
Ingredients
- 2 small chicken breast fillets (375g), trimmed
- ⅓ cup (75g) wild rice
- ⅓ cup (75g) basmati rice
- 1 Lebanese cucumber (150g), halved and sliced
- 150g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 75g baby rocket
- ¼ cup (80g) red capsicum, chopped
- ½ cup (75g) whole cashews
- ⅓ cup (50g) roughly chopped pecans
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ cup roughly chopped mint, to serve
Method
- Cook the wild rice and basmati rice according to directions on the package then cool.
- Spray chicken breasts with a little cooking oil spray and pan fry until golden and cooked through. Set aside, then slice.
- To serve, toss together the rice, sliced chicken, all salad ingredients, nuts, lemon juice and mint.
Tips
Try with fresh salmon or tuna instead of chicken.| Nutrients per serve | |
| Energy | 1900 kj |
| Protein | 31 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Saturated fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 34 g |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Dietary fibre | 4 g |
| Sodium | 60 mg |
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