An easy main-course salad with noodles, chicken and goma dressing. Simple and satisfying, with notes of Asian cuisine.
I love main-course salads, and I love Asian food. Both rice and noodles work perfectly in Asian-inspired salads – they make the meal properly filling and taste wonderful.
This green bowl is kept very simple: cold cooked noodles topped with fresh vegetables, pan-fried chicken and my homemade goma dressing. You will find a link to the recipe in the ingredient list below.
Use whichever vegetables you prefer or have to hand – this version is simply meant as inspiration.
I can recommend grated carrot, sugar snap peas, broccoli or broccolini in small florets, cauliflower in small florets, lamb’s lettuce and the like. But it is really entirely up to you.
Noodles with chicken and goma dressing are mild in flavour, with a lovely creamy finish. I like to toss the cold noodles with a little sesame oil – it gives them a good flavour and makes them a little more slippery and glossy.
If you have no sesame oil, simply leave it out – it is by no means a must.
Homemade goma dressing
Promise me you will try my recipe for homemade goma dressing. It tastes simply wonderful and takes no time at all to make.
It is delicious on top of poke bowls, noodle salads and the like – but also as a dip for all kinds of meat and vegetables.
And it is roughly a million times better than the ones you can buy in the supermarket.
An absolute must-try if you love Asian food.
Cold noodle salad with chicken and goma dressing
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken – breast or mini fillets
- 300 g noodles
- 2 avocados, cut into wedges
- 250 g edamame beans, defrosted
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 1/4 pointed (sweetheart) cabbage, finely shredded
- 3 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 batch goma dressing – click here for the recipe
- Sesame oil
- Chopped peanuts and sesame seeds
Method
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and fry it in a little oil until cooked through.Let it rest, then cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- Cook the noodles as directed on the packet, then rinse them in plenty of cold water. Leave them to drain in a sieve.If you like, toss the noodles with 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil – it gives them a lovely flavour.
- Divide the noodles between 4 deep plates and top with the shredded cabbage, cucumber, avocado, edamame and chicken.
- Sprinkle with spring onions, chopped peanuts and sesame seeds, then finish with plenty of homemade goma dressing.
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Smagte dejligt, super nemt og meget mættende
Hej Gitte
Tusind tusind tak for de søde ord:)
Warm wishes, Dianna