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Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

Dinner Lunch

The perfect combination of bright and fresh flavours, ideal for sunny afternoons shared with friends

30 mins
11 ingredients
$4.75 / person
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Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

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Ingredients

Chicken

  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic

Salad

  • 2 heads of cos lettuce, roughly chopped
  • 1 cup of cherry tomatoes
  • ½ red onion, sliced
  • ½ avocado, chopped
  • 1 apple, sliced
  • ¼ cup walnuts, roughly chopped

It’s this easy

Method

  1. Slice the chicken breast into thin pieces
  2. In a small bowl, combine honey, Dijon mustard, olive oil, and minced garlic. Set aside.
  3. Coat the chicken breasts in the marinade and let sit for at least 10–15 minutes (or longer if you have time) while you prepare the salad.
  4. Roughly chop the cos lettuce, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, and avocado. Slice the red onion and apple.
  5. Heat a medium pan over medium heat. Cook the marinated chicken until fully cooked through.
  6. Remove the chicken from the pan.
  7. Mix the chicken and prepared salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss gently to combine.

Tweaks

  • Use a green apple for a tangy kick, or a red apple for natural sweetness.
  • Swap the cos lettuce for whatever is most affordable, available or in season.
  • Adding crumbled feta or goat cheese to balance the strong and sweet flavours.
  • Try pecans, almonds, or pistachios if you don’t have walnuts.
  • To add a crunchier texture, toast the nuts before adding to the salad.
  • If the weather’s great or you don’t want to cook inside, why not cook the chicken on the barbeque

Notes

Serves = 4

Nutrition information (per serve):

  • Energy (1991kJ)
  • Protein (40.4g)
  • Total Fat (21g)
  • Saturated Fat (3.2g)
  • Carbohydrate (30.5g), (Starch (2g), Sugars (28.53g), Added sugars (0.3g), Free Sugars (18.7g))
  • Dietary Fibre (5.75g)
  • Sodium (336.8mg)
  • Calcium (68.9mg)
  • Iron (2.2mg)

Allergies

Contains: Nuts, FODMAPs.

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