Shredded chicken, green bean & barley salad with paprika & lemon

Shredded chicken, green bean & barley salad with paprika & lemon

This colourful rustic salad can be made in under an hour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Method

  1. Remove the skin from the chicken and shred the meat off the bones into bite-size pieces. Cook the pearl barley in boiling, salted water until tender, but not too soft, about 20 mins. Drain well, then tip into a large bowl.
  2. Blanch the green beans in more boiling, salted water for about 5 mins, until just cooked. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool, then pat dry with kitchen paper. Add to the barley along with pepper, onion, almonds, lemon zest and parsley.
  3. Whisk together the dressing ingredients with seasoning. Pour over the salad, toss everything together and serve.

PER SERVING

624 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 42 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 3g, sugar 5g, salt 0.45 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009.

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  • 26 July 2009

    LaRee commented on this recipe

    This is a delicious salad, I used a sweeter vinegar (raspberry), got rave reviews. On my favorites list.

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  • 26 July 2009

    FionaD rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this for a kitchen supper party on Wednesday - went down a storm. I added 1 teaspoon of sumac to the barley (after it was cooked and cooled)and also used raspberry vinegar instead of red wine vinegar. Will use this recipe again and again.

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  • 01 September 2009

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved this! Was really different and original. I followed the recipe to the letter with the exception of roasting the chicken myself the day previously.

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  • 04 September 2009

    Janet rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicous!

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  • 05 July 2011

    Clara rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is my new favourite salads. I served as a side salad at a BBQ and replaced the chicken with feta. The dressing is lovely, I used smoked hot paprika so it had a bit of a kick.

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  • 19 April 2013

    cakeanyone? rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used half raspberry vinegar and wish I'd added some chilli to the dressing too because, although the meal was ok, it needed a good kick! I like Clara's idea of using feta, but would probably use alongside the chicken.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE DRESSING

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PER SERVING

624 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 42 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 3g, sugar 5g, salt 0.45 g

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