Peanut Chicken Soba Salad

Amarante

Mon, Nov 16 2015, 4:37 pm

This is very good and easy. I would make to bring to work as it keeps well.

I haven't tried to find roasted peanut oil in awhile but if you can't find, use dark sesame oil instead to give it a nice nutty taste.

Soba noodles are buckwheat noodles. If you can't find, use whole wheat spaghetti or linguine.

Peanut Chicken Soba Salad

Source: Cooking Light

Serving Size: 4

Ingredients:

2 cups water
2 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
4 black peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 tablespoons roasted peanut oil
2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups cooked soba noodles (about 4 ounces uncooked)
1 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/4 cup minced red onion
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
4 teaspoons chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts
Lime wedges (optional)

Directions:

Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let stand 15 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from pan, and discard peppercorns, bay leaf, and cooking liquid. Shred chicken; place in a large bowl.

Combine vinegar and next 5 ingredients (vinegar through salt), stirring with a whisk. Pour over chicken; let stand 5 minutes. Add soba noodles and the next 4 ingredients (noodles through chopped basil) to chicken mixture, and toss well. Sprinkle with peanuts. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.

Nutritional Information:

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup salad and 1 teaspoon peanuts)

TEST ; CALORIES 256 (% from fat); CALORIESFROMFAT 33%; TEST ; FAT 9.5g (test , satfat 1.7g, test ); MONOFAT 4.2g; TEST ; POLYFAT 2.9g; TEST ; PROTEIN 23.9g; TEST ; CARBOHYDRATE 19.5g; TEST ; FIBER 2.5g; TEST ; CHOLESTEROL 49mg; TEST ; IRON 1.3mg; TEST ; SODIUM 538mg; TEST ; CALCIUM 30mg;