Chicken and Fresh Vegetable Appetizer
Description
I'll say right away: this isn't a strict traditional recipe—it's more of an idea for making a fresh, tasty appetizer. So if you're missing an ingredient, no worries—you can swap it for something similar or skip it altogether. I hope you'll like this chicken and fresh vegetable appetizer. :) It can be served warm or chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
We wash the chicken breasts and cut them crosswise against the grain into long pieces 1-2 cm thick.
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Step 2
Place the cilantro, brown sugar, curry paste, salt, pepper, and lime or lemon juice in the blender bowl. Blend until smooth.
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Step 3
Pour the resulting marinade over the chicken.
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Step 4
Mix well and leave the chicken to marinate for 1 hour.
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Step 5
While the chicken is marinating, let's make the nut sauce. To do this, add curry paste, lime or lemon juice, peanut butter, soy sauce, onion, garlic, water, and ginger to the same blender bowl (you don't even need to wash it, since the ingredients are practically the same).
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Step 6
Blend until smooth. You end up with this beautiful, fairly thin sauce.
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Step 7
Let's work on the vegetables. Rinse the lettuce leaves and drain them in a colander to remove excess water.
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Step 8
Cut the pepper into thin strips.
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Step 9
Cucumber — also in matchstick strips.
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Step 10
Grate the carrot on a fine grater.
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Step 11
Grill or pan-fry the marinated chicken until cooked through. First, cook one side for 2-3 minutes...
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Step 12
...then the same amount — from the other side.
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Step 13
Let the cooked chicken cool slightly.
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Step 14
So, everything is ready, and all that remains is to assemble the appetizer. To do this, take a lettuce leaf, place a piece of chicken on it, add a little vegetables next to it, and pour nut sauce over the whole thing.
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Step 15
The appetizer is ready. :)