Chicken and Mango Salad

Chicken and mango salad is a fresh, tasty way to use leftover cooked chicken.

Ingredients

750 g new potatoes, washed
2 large sprigs fresh mint
120 g asparagus spears
300 g cooked chicken breasts
1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced
150 g mixed baby salad greens, such as spinach, arugula and romaine lettuce

Fresh Orange Dressing
1⁄2 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoons walnut oil
pepper to taste

Directions
  1. Place the potatoes in a saucepan, pour over boiling water to cover and add the mint sprigs. Cook for 15–20 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, place the asparagus in a steamer basket or metal colander, cover and set over the pan of potatoes to steam. Cook thin spears for 4–5 minutes and thick spears for 8–10 minutes, or until just tender. Drain the potatoes (discard mint) and leave until cool enough to handle, then cut into thick slices. Cut the asparagus diagonally into 6 cm lengths.
  2. To make the orange dressing, place the orange rind and juice, olive oil and walnut oil in a large serving bowl, and whisk all the ingredients together until slightly thickened. Season with pepper.
  3. Transfer the chicken, potatoes and asparagus to the serving bowl and gently toss together to coat with the dressing. Add the mango and salad greens and toss gently again. Serve chicken and mango salad immediately.

preparation time 15 mins
cooking time 35 mins, plus 15 mins marinating
serves 4

Nutritional information

428 calories
26 g protein
22 g total fat
3 g saturated fat
61 mg cholesterol
33 g total carbohydrate
9 g sugars
6 g fibre
270 mg sodium

Mango is an excellent source of vitamin C and beta carotene, both antioxidants that help to protect against damage by free radicals. Due to the beta carotene content, mango is also one of the best fruit sources of vitamin A, providing over 50 per cent of the daily needs in half a large fruit.

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