Peanut Chicken Soba Salad (Phase 2)

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Peanut Chicken Soba Salad (Phase 2)
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Thu, 06-03-2004 - 9:48pm
Peanut Chicken Soba Salad













From Cooking Light


You'll only need about 15 minutes to cook the chicken and noodles for this Asian salad. If short on time, substitute rotisserie chicken or leftover cooked chicken, and purchase preshredded carrots from your supermarket's produce section.

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 - I substituted a package of splenda
1  teaspoon chili garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee) - couldn't find it so omitted it
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)

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.



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

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 256 (33% from fat); FAT 9.5g (sat  1.7g,  mono 4.2g,  poly 2.9g); PROTEIN 23.9g;  CARB 19.5g;  FIBER 2.5g;  CHOL 49mg;  IRON 1.3mg;  SODIUM 538mg;  CALC 30mg; 

I used a rotesserie chicken and just shredded that up.  I also put this on a bed of greens.  It was easy and delicious!

                         


     

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 2:02pm

LOVE the picture!

Susan :)

 

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Registered: 04-16-2004
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 8:05pm
that looks really good. we always have soba in the house to make zarusoba in the summer.
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Registered: 04-01-2004
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 11:04pm
Oh, what is zarusoba?
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Registered: 04-16-2004
Sat, 06-05-2004 - 11:35pm
it's cold soba noodles in a soy dipping sauce (not plain soy sauce) with a dab of wasabi, and shredded nori (seaweed) on top.

http://www.bluetreegallery.com/bluetreehouse_recipe_soba.html

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Sun, 06-06-2004 - 7:35am
Thanks for the great explanation.
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