Name: Warm lemon & thyme chicken salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into strips; zest and juice of 1 lemon; 1 tsp dried or a few sprigs of fresh thyme; 3 tbsp oil; 150g bag of mixed salad leaves or 2 heads of Little Gem, pulled apart; 1 small red onion halved and thinly sliced; squeeze of garlic paste or 1 garlic clove crushed; handful pitted black olives halved

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Warm lemon & thyme chicken salad

Warm lemon & thyme chicken salad

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 10 mins

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A delicious, superhealthy and zesty light chicken salad recipe with sunshine flavours

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Ingredients

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4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

cut into strips
zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp dried or a few sprigs of fresh thyme
3 tbsp oil
150g bag of mixed salad leaves

or 2 heads of Little Gem, pulled apart
1 small red onion

halved and thinly sliced
squeeze of garlic paste or 1 garlic clove

crushed
handful pitted black olives

halved

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal245
fat11g
saturates2g
carbs2g
sugars2g
fibre1g
protein34g
salt0.72g

low

Method

step 1

Put the chicken pieces into a bowl, add the lemon zest, thyme, plenty of black pepper and salt to taste, then mix well with your hands. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan then fry the chicken for 8-10 mins, until golden and cooked through. Meanwhile, spread the leaves and onion over a large platter or in a big salad bowl.
step 2

Add the garlic paste and olives to the pan, then fry for 1 min more. Spoon the chicken and olives onto the leaves. Take the pan off the heat then add the rest of the oil and lemon juice. Stir together well, scraping off any bits from the bottom of the pan. Check the seasoning, then pour over the chicken and salad. Serve with crusty bread.

RECIPE TIPS

MAKE IT NO-COOK

Pull 4 cooked chicken breasts (or one whole rotisserie chicken) into bite-size pieces and mix with the olives, salad leaves and onions. Whisk together the lemon zest and juice, thyme, oil and garlic paste. Season and drizzle over.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2006

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