Chicken salad with apples, celery and thyme
4 servings
40 minutes
Chicken salad with apples, celery, and thyme is a refined dish of French cuisine that combines the tenderness of chicken fillet, the fruity freshness of apples, and the aromatic note of thyme. Its history traces back to traditional French gastronomic experiments where flavor harmony plays a key role. The light acidity of apples nicely complements the richness of butter and the spiciness of mustard, while calvados adds a subtle caramel-apple note. Crunchy celery and juicy shallots add textural variety, and herbs complete the composition. This salad is perfect as an elegant appetizer for dinner or a festive dish for connoisseurs of refined tastes.
1
Slice the chicken fillet and fry it in butter. Add calvados 5 minutes before it's done.
- Chicken: 300 g
- Butter: 50 g
- Calvados: 4 tablespoons
2
In a small pot or pan, melt the butter, add mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper. Add roughly chopped apples, shallots, celery, thyme, and sauté for 10 minutes until soft, without browning.
- Butter: 50 g
- Mustard: 2 tablespoons
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Apple: 300 g
- Shallot: 100 g
- Celery: 100 g
- Thyme: to taste
3
Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Green salad leaves: 100 g
4
Combine all ingredients and sprinkle the salad with chopped greens.
- Chicken: 300 g
- Apple: 300 g
- Celery: 100 g
- Green salad leaves: 100 g
- Fresh herbs: 50 g
