Sesame-crusted chicken with a pickle salad

Sesame chicken with pickle salad

Ingredients

Salad

1 tsp (5ml) caster sugar

cup (60ml) lime juice

2 Granny Smith apples, grated

6 radishes, grated

1-2 tbsp (15-30ml) chopped pickled ginger

cup (80ml) coriander leaves

Chicken

2 tbsp (30ml) hoisin sauce

Salt and milled pepper

3-4 country-reared chicken breast fillets

cup (180ml) sesame seeds

Mayo

cup (125ml) good quality mayonnaise

1-2 tbsp (15-30ml) wasabi paste

tsp (3ml) sesame oil

Method

Mix together lime juice and sugar. Toss apple, radish and ginger into mixture and allow to pickle for at least 30 minutes. Toss through coriander.

Brush chicken with hoisin sauce and season. Place sesame seeds in a shallow dish. Press chicken into seeds to coat evenly.

Heat a glug of oil over a medium heat and fry chicken until golden and cooked through. Cool. Slice chicken into strips

Mix together mayonnaise ingredients.

Serve small piles of salad topped with chicken and a dollop of mayonnaise.

Serves 6