Chicken & Prawn Salad

(serves 4)

This fragrant salad is really tasty on a summer’s day.  You could also add some cooked and cooled wild rice for extra crunch.

 

350g cooked prawns (peeled)

2 cooked chicken breasts (shredded)

1 carrot (grated)

100g mangetout

1 cucumber (seeded & diced) (can be peeled if preferred)

2 spring onions (finely sliced)

1 romaine lettuce/pack of baby spinach (finely sliced)

 

Dressing

2 limes (juiced)/4 tbsp lime juice

½ small pack of mint (leaves sliced)

1 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp fish sauce

4 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp sugar

 

To serve

1-2 tbsp sesame seeds (toasted)

 

 

1. Mix the cumin, fish sauce, lime juice, olive oil, sesame oil, mint & sugar in a bowl.  Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Add the prawns & mix well.
3. Add the chicken, carrot, mangetout, cucumber, spring onion & lettuce & lightly toss together.
4. Serve in individual bowls or on a large platter & sprinkle with the sesame seeds.