Spicy chicken bites with carrot & snow pea salad

Recipes / Salads

These spiced chicken bites are perfect with the refreshing carrot salad.

Recipe «Spicy chicken bites with carrot & snow pea salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 350g lean minced chicken, 80g fresh breadcrumbs, 6 spring onions, thinly sliced, 2 tbsp chopped coriander, 1 garlic clove, crushed , 1cm piece ginger, grated, 1 egg, Sweet chilli sauce, tomato sauce or yoghurt, to serve , 2 tsp sunflower oil, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, 2 carrots, trimmed, sliced into thin strips, 125g snow peas, trimmed, sliced into thin strips, 2 tsp sesame seeds.

Ingredients:

  • 350g lean minced chicken 
  • 80g fresh breadcrumbs 
  • 6 spring onions, thinly sliced 
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 1cm piece ginger, grated 
  • 1 egg 
  • Sweet chilli sauce, tomato sauce or yoghurt, to serve 
  • 2 tsp sunflower oil 
  • 1 tsp sesame oil 
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 
  • 2 carrots, trimmed, sliced into thin strips 
  • 125g snow peas, trimmed, sliced into thin strips 
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds 

Instructions

  1. To make the carrot and snow pea salad, place the sunflower and sesame oils with lime juice in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then whisk to combine.
  2. Blanch the carrots and snow peas in boiling salted water for 1 minute. Drain, refresh in cold water, then drain again. Add drained carrots and snow peas to the bowl with sesame seeds and toss to combine. Set aside.
  3. Place minced chicken, breadcrumbs, spring onions, coriander, garlic, ginger and egg in a food processor and pulse to combine.
  4. Divide chicken mixture into 12 equal pieces, then wet your hands (so that the mixture does not stick to them) and shape into neat ovals. Place bites on a lightly oiled baking sheet, then refrigerate for 10 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  6. Bake chicken bites for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
  7. Serve hot or cold with carrot and snow pea salad, and sweet chilli sauce, tomato sauce or yoghurt for dipping if desired.