Equipped with nothing but an aging cucumber, a handful of baby carrots, some cooked chicken and my pantry I whipped this lunch up today. It was simple and tasty I only wish I had a few more ingredients. Maybe some sprouts, sesame seeds or even celery.
That being said, I hope it gives you some ideas. Sometimes just by changing the way to cut ingredients you can effect their texture and in essence "spice" things up.
Here's how I made it this morning, take it and run. :~)
Ingredients
- 1 medium cucumber
- 1 carrots or a handful of baby carrots
- 4 oz cooked chicken breast (like shortcuts or leftovers) cut into strips
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- About 1 teaspoon honey (5g)
- ½ teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon dried chives (fresh would be better)
Instructions
Clean and peel the cucumber. Run a potato peeler down the cucumber to slice off "ribbons" (shown in the image below). When you start to hit the seeds simply rotate slightly. Do the same with the carrots.
In a small bowl whisk the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, ginger, oil and chives.
Toss the cucumbers, carrots and chicken with the soy sauce mixture.
Serve on a your favorite wrap or lite tortilla!
📖 Recipe
Simple Asian Inspired Wrap Filling
Ingredients
- 1 medium cucumber
- 1 carrots or a handful of baby carrots
- 4 oz cooked chicken breast like shortcuts or leftovers cut into strips
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- About 1 teaspoon honey 5g
- ½ teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon dried chives fresh would be better
Instructions
- Clean and peel the cucumber. Run a potato peeler down the cucumber to slice off "ribbons" (shown in the image below). When you start to hit the seeds simply rotate slightly. Do the same with the carrots.1 medium cucumber, 1 carrots or a handful of baby carrots, 4 oz cooked chicken breast
- In a small bowl whisk the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, ginger, oil and chives.1 tablespoon soy sauce, About 1 teaspoon honey, ½ teaspoon rice wine vinegar, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, 1 teaspoon dried chives
- Toss the cucumbers, carrots and chicken with the soy sauce mixture.
- Serve on a your favorite wrap or lite tortilla!
Sally
I made this tonight and it was AWESOME! I dont eat chicken so i just ate the cucumbers and carrots with the marinade in a whole wheat tortilla.. Everyone else ate the chicken with it.. I will be making this again soon! =P
Biz
I love it when things come together like that - you think you don't have anything and voila!
Thanks for the idea Roni! Happy Friday!
Annette
that looks so yummy~ I need some new fall recipes 🙂 to try on the family. Thanks Roni 🙂
Maranda
Looks yummy. I can't wait to try this:)
Valerie
A side of edamame would round this out fabulously. You could add a little siracha (spicy chili garlic sauce) to give it more of a thai feel.