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🍽️ Asian-style Chicken and Orzo Salad

580 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 300 g Orzo pasta
• Salt
• 2 red bell peppers
• 3 spring onions
• 200 g soybeans
• 400 g chicken breast fillet
• 1.5 cm fresh ginger
• 2 tbsp soybean oil
• 3 tbsp almond slivers
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 0.5 tsp Szechuan pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Boil water in a pot and add some salt.
2. 2. Cook the orzo pasta in the salted water until al dente.
3. 3. Wash the bell pepper thoroughly.
4. 4. Cut the bell pepper in half.
5. 5. Remove the seeds and the white inner walls of the bell pepper.
6. 6. Cut the bell pepper into small cubes.
7. 7. Wash the spring onions.
8. 8. Remove the tough ends of the spring onions.
9. 9. Slice the spring onions diagonally into thin rings.
10. 10. Wash the beans.
11. 11. Remove the ends of the beans.
12. 12. Boil the beans for 5 to 7 minutes in boiling salted water.
13. 13. Drain the beans.
14. 14. Rinse the beans with cold water to stop the cooking process.
15. 15. Let the beans drain well.
16. 16. Wash the meat.
17. 17. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
18. 18. Cut the meat into thin strips.
19. 19. Peel the ginger.
20. 20. Finely chop the ginger.
21. 21. Heat the oil in a wok.
22. 22. Fry the meat on all sides until well browned.
23. 23. Add the vegetables to the meat in the wok.
24. 24. Add the pasta to the meat and vegetables.
25. 25. Add the ginger to the meat, vegetables, and pasta.
26. 26. Add the spring onions to the meat, vegetables, pasta, and ginger.
27. 27. Add the almonds to the meat, vegetables, pasta, ginger, and spring onions.
28. 28. Mix all ingredients well together.
29. 29. Fry the mixture briefly.
30. 30. Season the mixture with soy sauce.
31. 31. Season the mixture with oyster sauce.
32. 32. Season the mixture with pepper.
33. 33. Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning if needed.
34. 34. Plate the salad.
35. 35. Serve the salad.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 580
• Protein: 44 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 63 g