Tandoori chicken salad

Name: Tandoori chicken salad
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 x 120g skinless chicken breasts; 4 teaspoons tandoori curry paste; 250g brown rice; 1 small red onion; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 1⁄2 a bunch of fresh mint (15g); 1 fresh red chilli; 4 heaped tablespoons natural yoghurt; 2 lemons; 1 tablespoon black mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 400g ripe mixed-colour cherry tomatoes, on the vine; 2 carrots; 2 little gem lettuces; 4 uncooked poppadoms

Minty yoghurt dressing & poppadoms

45 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Cupboard staple brown rice is a fantastically nutritious base to this recipe - it's a bumper source of vitamins and minerals, including selenium for efficient immune system function.

Super Food Family Classics, p102

nutrition per serving

Calories

25%

Fat

15%

Saturates

11%

Sugars

13%

Salt

23%

Protein

79%

Carbs

27%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

4 x 120g skinless chicken breasts

4 teaspoons tandoori curry paste

250g brown rice

1 small red onion

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

1⁄2 a bunch of fresh mint (15g)

1 fresh red chilli

4 heaped tablespoons natural yoghurt

2 lemons

1 tablespoon black mustard seeds

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

400g ripe mixed-colour cherry tomatoes, on the vine

2 carrots

2 little gem lettuces

4 uncooked poppadoms

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 102 of Jamie's cookbook, Super Food Family Classics.

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Super Food Family Classics Salad

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