Sport
A cold rice-noodle salad with carbs and protein, packed for lunch before an evening session.
Time
20 min
Serves
2
Area
Sport
Ingredients
100g flat rice noodles
2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded
1 carrot, cut into ribbons
½ cucumber, cut into batons
Green tops of 3 spring onions, sliced
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
Method
1
Cook the noodles following the packet, then rinse under cold water and drain well.
2
Whisk the sesame oil, soy sauce and lime juice together.
3
Toss the noodles with the chicken, carrot, cucumber and spring onion tops.
4
Pour over the dressing and scatter with the sesame seeds.
Why it works
Rice noodles top up the carbohydrate your muscles use in training, and the chicken gives you protein to recover. It travels well, so you’re not training on an empty tank after work.
Josh Whitley
Nutritionist · Sport and energy
