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Poached chicken with spring onion & ginger sauce
Silky poached chicken with the classic spring onion-ginger oil, rice cooked in the broth.
Ingredients
Servings 2
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Method
- Step 1
Poach the chicken in the water with sliced ginger and spring onion whites, 14 minutes; rest in the liquid 10.
- Step 2
Cook the rice in 300ml of the strained broth.
- Step 3
Finely chop spring onion greens; mix with grated ginger and salt. Pour over smoking-hot oil.
- Step 4
Slice the chicken; serve on rice with the sauce, soy and cucumber.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 520 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 38g |
| Carbohydrates | 50g |
| – of which sugars | 3g |
| Fibre | 3g |
| Fat | 19g |
| – of which saturates | 3g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 60mg |
| Iron | 1.8mg |
| Salt | 1.2g |
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