Chicken Salad
2 servings
60 minutes
Chicken salad is an elegant blend of freshness and nutritional richness inspired by Italian cuisine. Tender chicken breast fillet, fried to a golden crust, harmonizes with crispy spinach leaves, sweet and sour apples, refreshing cucumber, and aromatic parsley. The addition of nuts adds textural complexity, while a tangy dressing made from olive oil, honey, mustard, lemon juice, and garlic reveals all the flavor nuances of the ingredients. This salad is perfect as a light and healthy dish for lunch or dinner.
1
Season the chicken breast with pepper. Fry it in a pan over high heat. Cool and cut into large pieces.
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Chicken breast fillet: 1 piece
2
To prepare the dressing, mix oil, honey, lemon juice, mustard, and minced garlic. Add pepper and lightly whisk with a fork. Place in the refrigerator.
- Olive oil: 3 tablespoons
- Honey: 1 teaspoon
- Lemon juice: 1 teaspoon
- Mustard: 1 teaspoon
- Garlic: 1 clove
- Ground black pepper: to taste
3
Remove the core from the apples. Cut them into wedges and the cucumber into slices.
- Sweet apples: 1 piece
- Cucumbers: 1 piece
4
Place spinach, apple, cucumber, and chicken in a salad bowl, sprinkle with chopped nuts and parsley. Drizzle with dressing.
- Fresh spinach leaves: 1 bunch
- Sweet apples: 1 piece
- Cucumbers: 1 piece
- Chicken breast fillet: 1 piece
- Nuts: 60 g
- Parsley: 1 sprig