Chicken salad with crisp bacon
Try this lovely fresh summer salad as a dinner party centrepiece
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4 - 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 40 mins
Cook 5 - 10 mins
- Mix the ingredients for the dressing with a little seasoning. Stir in the chicken and loosen with water if necessary.
- Slowly cook the bacon in a large frying pan until crisp and the fat has run out. Drain on kitchen paper. Meanwhile, mix the onion with the oil, vinegar and seasoning.
- Toss the onion with the watercress, chicory and cucumber, then pile onto a platter. Spoon the chicken on top, then break or chop the bacon over the top of that. Serve with crusty bread.
Per serving
501 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 4g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 3.12 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2010.
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Ingredients
- meat from 1 ready-roasted chicken , shredded
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 1 small red onion , halved, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- 100g bag watercress
- 2-3 heads red chicory , separated into leaves and halved if large
- ¾ cucumber , halved, seeds scooped out, then sliced on the diagonal
FOR THE DRESSING
- 200g tub Greek yogurt
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 spring onion , finely chopped
- 2 tsp chopped tarragon
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4 - 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 40 mins
Cook 5 - 10 mins
Ingredients
- meat from 1 ready-roasted chicken , shredded
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 1 small red onion , halved, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- 100g bag watercress
- 2-3 heads red chicory , separated into leaves and halved if large
- ¾ cucumber , halved, seeds scooped out, then sliced on the diagonal
FOR THE DRESSING
- 200g tub Greek yogurt
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 spring onion , finely chopped
- 2 tsp chopped tarragon
Per serving
501 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 4g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 3.12 g
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