Name: White-cooked chicken with ginger-sesame Chinese cabbage salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 green onions, trimmed, white ends thinly sliced and green tops coarsely chopped; 2 light soy sauce; 25 gm piece of ginger, thinly sliced; 2 star anise; 1 cinnamon quill; 4 corn-fed chicken breast fillets (200gm each); 1 Chinese cabbage (wombok), thinly sliced (about 400gm); 1 cup coriander leaves (loosely packed); 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds, plus extra for serving; Ginger-sesame dressing; 1 tbsp finely grated ginger; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tsp white sugar

White-cooked chicken with ginger-sesame Chinese cabbage salad

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for white-cooked chicken with ginger-sesame Chinese cabbage salad

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

20M

Total

35M

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Ingredients

3 green onions, trimmed, white ends thinly sliced and green tops coarsely chopped

2 light soy sauce

25 gm piece of ginger, thinly sliced

2 star anise

1 cinnamon quill

4 corn-fed chicken breast fillets (200gm each)

1 Chinese cabbage (wombok), thinly sliced (about 400gm)

1 cup coriander leaves (loosely packed)

2 tsp toasted sesame seeds, plus extra for serving

Ginger-sesame dressing

1 tbsp finely grated ginger

2 tbsp rice vinegar

2 tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp white sugar

Method

Main

1.Combine green onion tops, soy sauce, ginger, star anise, cinnamon and 1½ litres of water in a large saucepan, bring to the boil over medium heat, add chicken, return to the boil, reduce heat to low and cook very gently for 10 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through and remove from heat.

2.Meanwhile, for dressing, combine ingredients and 1 tsp sea salt in a small bowl.

3.In a separate bowl, combine cabbage, coriander, thinly sliced green onion and sesame seeds, add dressing and toss to combine.

4.Remove chicken from poaching liquid (see note), slice and serve with salad to the side and scatter with extra sesame seeds.