57: Chicken, cashew & chilli salad (Page 14, No time to cook)

This book is amazing. Every recipe is so concise, they barely seem like recipes at all.

Recipe:
Place 100g dried bean thread noodle in bowl and pour over boiling water. Stand for 5 minutes or until tender, drain. Toss noodles with 1/2 store bought barbecue chicken (shredded), 1 sliced cucumber, 1 chopped tomato, 50g unsalted cashes, 1/4 cup coriander leaves and 1/4 cup basil leaves. Then combine 1/4 cup sweet chilli sauce and 1.5 tsp of soy sauce to make the dressing and toss dressing through salad.

The only reason I would call this a salad is because it is eaten cold, although I heated up the chicken. Voila, a quick meal for under $5. Definitely one of those meals that I will cook again. Although cook probably isn't the right word. I will probably put this meal together again. It was just so simple. For one of those days when you just don't want to cook. And it's a lot healthier than instant noodles. I'm not usually a fan of salads because I often find they can be bland. Maybe it was the chicken on the sweet and slightly salty dressing, but I liked the fact that there was a lot of flavour.