Salad with chicken, beans and cheese
6 servings
40 minutes
Chicken salad with beans and cheese is a delicious and nutritious dish with Greek motifs. Its base is tender chicken fillet, rich beans, aromatic garlic, and crispy croutons made from black bread. The addition of pickled cucumbers gives a slight tanginess, while corn adds a sweet note. Cheese makes the texture creamy, and parsley adds freshness. This salad is perfect as a standalone dish or as an accompaniment to the main dinner. It pairs well with meat and vegetable dishes and is also an excellent option for a light snack. Greek cuisine is known for its balance of flavors, and this salad is no exception—it is hearty, fresh, and surprisingly harmonious.
1
Peel the garlic, grate it on a fine grater or pass it through a press. Rub slices of black bread with salt and garlic, cut into cubes, and dry them in a pan without oil.
- Garlic: 1 clove
- Black bread: 3 pieces
- Salt: to taste
2
Cut the boiled chicken fillet into small pieces.
- Chicken fillet: 300 g
3
Cut the pickled cucumbers into cubes.
- Pickles: 3 pieces
4
Drain the liquid from the corn.
- Canned corn: 400 g
5
Cut the cheese into thin sticks or strips.
- Hard cheese: 150 g
6
Wash the parsley, dry it, cut off the long stems, and chop the parsley leaves finely.
- Parsley: 1 bunch
7
In a salad bowl, mix chicken fillet, beans, cheese, corn, pickled cucumbers, parsley, and garlic croutons from black bread; add mayonnaise and mix the salad again.
- Chicken fillet: 300 g
- Beans: 150 g
- Hard cheese: 150 g
- Canned corn: 400 g
- Pickles: 3 pieces
- Parsley: 1 bunch
- Black bread: 3 pieces
- Mayonnaise: to taste