Sesame Vegetable Salad


Sesame Vegetable Salad
Makes: 6 servings
Prep 50 mins Chill 1 hr
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Sesame Vegetable Salad
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces  chicken breast tenderloins, halved crosswise
  • Salt and ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon  olive oil or cooking oil
  • 8 ounces  fresh asparagus, trimmed
  • 8 ounces  fresh sugar snap or snow pea pods, trimmed
  • 3 cups  watercress, tough stems removed
  • 1 medium yellow sweet pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 cup  grape tomatoes
  • 1 recipe Garlic Ginger Soy Dressing
  • 1 - 2 teaspoons  sesame seeds, toasted
Directions

1. Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt and pepper. In a large skillet cook chicken in hot oil over medium-high heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until no longer pink, turning to brown evenly. Remove chicken from skillet and cool slightly; place in an airtight container. Chill at least 1 hour or up to 2 days until ready to serve.

2. In a large saucepan cook asparagus and pea pods, covered, in a small amount of boiling salted water for 2 to 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; rinse with cold water. Drain well. Serve immediately or place in an airtight container and chill up to 2 days.

3. To serve, in a very large bowl toss together chilled chicken, asparagus, pea pods, watercress, sweet pepper, and tomatoes. Add Garlic Ginger Soy Dressing; toss well. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Makes 6 servings.

Garlic Ginger Soy Dressing
Start to Finish 10 mins
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup  rice vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons  olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon  honey
  • 1 teaspoon  soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon  sesame seeds, toasted
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon  salt
  • Dash ground black pepper
Directions

1. In a screw-top jar combine rice vinegar; olive oil; garlic; honey; soy sauce; sesame seeds; ground ginger; salt; and a dash of ground black pepper. Cover and shake well. Serve immediately or store in refrigerator up to 1 week; shake before serving.

Nutrition Facts (Sesame Vegetable Salad)
  • Servings Per Recipe 6,
  • cal. (kcal) 158,
  • Fat, total (g) 8,
  • chol. (mg) 22,
  • sat. fat (g) 1,
  • carb. (g) 9,
  • Monosaturated fat (g) 6,
  • Polyunsaturated fat (g) 1,
  • fiber (g) 2,
  • sugar (g) 3,
  • pro. (g) 11,
  • vit. A (IU) 1118,
  • vit. C (mg) 74,
  • Thiamin (mg) 0,
  • Riboflavin (mg) 0,
  • Niacin (mg) 4,
  • Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
  • Folate (µg) 24,
  • Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
  • sodium (mg) 159,
  • Potassium (mg) 279,
  • calcium (mg) 61,
  • iron (mg) 2,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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