Honey and Soy Chicken With Pasta Salad
Created by ImPat on November 1, 2014
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #15406
Ingredients
- CHICKEN
- 600 grams raw skinless chicken thighs (fillets, trimmed of fat)
- 80 ml apple juice (1/2 cup unsweetened)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce (salt redued)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh)
- 1 tablespoon honey (clear)
- Cooking spray
- 2 whole lemons (cut into wedges to serve)
- PASTA SALAD
- 200 grams dry pasta (small spiral cooked as per packet instructions)
- 8 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded (finely shredded)
- 3 cucumbers (lebanese chopped)
- 250 grams cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 50 grams snow pea sprouts (trimmed)
- 2 large carrots (cut into short thin sticks)
- 100 grams tasty cheese (fat reduced, cubed)
- 1 red capsicum (bell pepper cut into thick strips)
- 1 yellow capsicum (bell pepper cut into thick strips)
- Fat free ranch dressing (or other of your choice, 2 tablespoons)
How to Make
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Step 1: Put chicken in a shallow dish.
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Step 2: Put apple juice, soy sauce, lemon juice and honey in a small bowl and whisk to combine and then pour over the chicken and turn chicken to coat.
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Step 3: Cover and put in the fridge for 4 hours to marinate.
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Step 4: Spray barbecue plate or barbecue grill with cooking spray and preheat to medium, add the chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
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Step 5: Transfer to a plate and cover loosely with foil and set aside for 2-3 minutes to rest.
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Step 6: Pasta Salad - Put pasta, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, snow pea sprouts, carrot, cheese and capsicums in a large bowl, do this while the chicken is marinating and then you cover and refrigerate and dress just before serving.
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Step 7: Pour the dressing over and toss to combine.
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Step 8: Divide the chicken between plates and serve with the pasta salad and lemon wedges.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (506.9 g)
- Calories 486.3
- Total Fat - 21.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.7 g
- Cholesterol - 107.3 mg
- Sodium - 656.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 51.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.8 g
- Sugars - 12.1 g
- Protein - 27.4 g
- Calcium - 229.6 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 61.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg