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Chicken salad in a fruity, sweet and spicy way

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Ingredients for 8 servings:

  • 600 g chicken breast fillet(s)
  • 100 ml chili sauce, sweet and hot
  • 1 tbsp paprika powder, hot
  • 5 lime(s), the juice
  • 12 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt
  • 40 g ginger, peeled, very finely diced
  • 2 red chili peppers, very finely diced
  • 100 g shallot(s), very finely diced
  • 4 tbsp mustard, medium hot
  • 10 tbsp maple syrup
  • 350 g fennel, sliced ​​very thinly (vegetable slicer)
  • 1 apple, Granny Smith, sliced ​​very thinly down to the core
  • 1 cucumber(s), halved lengthwise, pitted, sliced ​​crosswise into fine slices
  • 200 g mixed salad, e.g. frisée, radicchio, lamb’s lettuce

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Combine the chicken breast fillets with chili sauce, paprika, 2 tablespoons of lime juice, 2 tablespoons of oil, and a pinch of salt. Place side by side in an ovenproof dish. Cook in an oven preheated to 200°C on the second rack from the bottom for 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool and then slice thinly crosswise. Stir or shake the diced ginger, chili, and shallot with 8 tablespoons of lime juice, mustard, maple syrup, the remaining olive oil, and salt to make a dressing. Loosely layer the remaining salad ingredients in a glass bowl, drizzle with dressing as you go. Serve immediately with the fillet.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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