{"id":10846,"date":"2012-07-23T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=10846"},"modified":"2014-09-15T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T20:46:27","slug":"mango-chicken-and-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=10846","title":{"rendered":"Mango, Chicken and Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have always considered the addition of fruits into savoury dishes a delicate matter and approached the new combinations very cautiously. The results can be extraordinary, but I have already had awful experience with certain fruits, such as the pineapple (pineapple on a pizza or in a mayonnaise salad is simply not my thing). As much as I love mango in hot sauces (I preserve dozens of jars of hot mango sauce<\/a> every year), I had serious reservations to include them raw into savoury dishes. Finally, the numerous tempting mango salads I kept on seeing on my favourite blogs convinced me \u00a0(thank you my dear friends!) and last Saturday I prepared my very first savoury salad with mango. I shouldn’t boast, but this salad was sensational and, needless to say, has totally convinced me to keep on experimenting mango’s savoury potential.<\/p>\n

I haven’t followed any recipe but simply my cravings. I wanted a refreshing, light salad with chicken (which is a dish I actually crave quite often). I ended up with the ubiquitous cucumber of course, added some mango, stir-fried chicken breast, red onion to counterbalance the mango’s sweetness, some chili to give the salad a hot kick and coriander… because somehow it seemed right. I was surprised that the sweetness of mango wasn’t as overwhelming as I feared and its relative softness added an interesting combination of texture with the crunchy cucumber. I loved this salad so much, I prepared it twice in two days and I already feel it will be my summer staple. If you have never included mango in savoury salads, the summer heat is the best moment to experiment.<\/p>\n

TIPS: I suppose this salad would be extraordinary if prepared with green tangy mango, but since I had only yellow sweet mangoes, I used these.<\/p>\n

I stir-fried the chicken breasts, but leftover roast chicken would be perfect here too.<\/p>\n

Preparation: 20 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n

Ingredients (serves two):<\/em><\/p>\n

2 small chicken breasts\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

2\/3 of a long cucumber<\/em><\/p>\n

1 clove garlic, finely chopped<\/em><\/p>\n

1 big firm mango (it shouldn’t be too ripe or soft)<\/em><\/p>\n

1 medium red onion<\/em><\/p>\n

juice from 1 lime<\/em><\/p>\n

2 tablespoons olive oil<\/em><\/p>\n

salt, chili in powder or fresh (I used medium hot Korean chili powder)<\/em><\/p>\n

fresh coriander<\/em><\/p>\n

Cut up the chicken breasts into small, bite-sized pieces.<\/p>\n

Season them with salt and stir fry with garlic on medium heat.<\/p>\n

Pour the lime juice and the olive oil into a big bowl.<\/p>\n

Add the chili and the salt.<\/p>\n

Cut up the mango and the cucumber and put into the bowl.<\/p>\n

Add the chicken, the chopped coriander.<\/p>\n

Mix everything, check the taste and rectify the seasoning if needed.<\/p>\n

Serve with crunchy bread and butter.<\/p>\n

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