A crunchy chicken salad that's zesty, healthy and 4 of your 5-a-day. Try this for variety in your teenager's lunchbox or take it to work
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal421
- fat20g
- saturates4g
- carbs27g
- sugars16g
- fibre10g
- protein29g
- salt0.8g
Ingredients
- ¼ tsp olive oil
Olive oil
ol-iv oylProbably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 tbsp low-fat soured cream
- 1 tsp white wine vinegar
- 1 Baby Gem lettuce, shredded
- 50g sweetcorn, drained
Sweetcorn
sw-eet cornAlso known as corn on the cob, sweetcorn is composed of rows of tightly packed golden yellow…
- 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 75g cooked BBQ chicken
Chicken
chik-enChicken's many plus points - its versatility, as well as the ease and speed with which it…
- juice 1 lime
Lime
ly-mThe same shape, but smaller than…
- ½ small avocado, peeled and chopped
Avocado
av-oh-car-dohAlthough it's technically a fruit, the mild-flavoured avocado is used as a vegetable. Native…
- 1 corn taco shell, broken into pieces
Method
Make the dressing by combining the oil, soured cream and vinegar. Keep in the fridge.
Put the lettuce, sweetcorn, tomatoes and chicken in a lunchbox. Stir the lime juice into the avocado and put on top. Pack the dressing on the side.
Scatter the taco over the salad to serve.
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