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Picnic Salad with Quorn Pieces

A picnic salad of pasta, black beans, chickpeas, sweetcorn, jalapeno, tomatoes, bean sprouts, and lettuce topped with marinated Quorn Pieces and sunflower seeds.

A summer favorite that can be served mixed or everyone can pick what they like best. Perfect to take on a picnic! Quorn Pieces marinated in honey, soy and lime can be cooked quickly, directly from the freezer.

A bag of Quorn Pieces showing the prepared product and information on an orange and charcoal background.

Made with Quorn Vegetarian Chicken Pieces

High in Protein

Gluten Free

Low in Saturated Fat

No Soy

Ingredients

  • 300g Quorn Vegetarian Chicken Pieces
  • 200g pasta
  • 1 can black beans
  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1 small jar of sweetcorn
  • Pickled jalapeños to taste
  • 250g small tomatoes
  • 50g bean sprouts
  • 1 bag of lettuce leaves
  • 50g toasted sunflower seeds

Marinade:

  • 50 ml soy milk or other plant based milk
  • 50 ml rapeseed oil
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 Squeezed lime

Cold sauce for serving:

  • 200 ml creme fraîche
  • 50 ml sweet chili sauce
  • Salt
  • Black pepper

Method

  1. Boil the pasta according to the instructions on the package.
  2. Marinade: Mix the ingredients for the marinade. Take the Quorn Pieces out of the freezer, cut open the bag and pour in the marinade. Mix and let the bag stand to marinate.
  3. Sauce: Mix the ingredients for the sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Put to the side.
  4. Rinse tomatoes, bean sprouts and lettuce leaves. Chop the tomatoes.
  5. Mix pasta, sweetcorn, chickpeas, black beans, tomatoes, bean sprouts and lettuce leaves.
  6. Saute Quorn Pieces on medium heat in oil, top the salad with the pieces, roasted sunflower seeds and pickled jalapeños. Serve with the cold sauce.

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