5 delicious chicken salads

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A simple salad with avocado, healthy with vegetables and cheese, spicy with broccoli, hearty with mushrooms and spicy with pineapple - everyone can cook these dishes with chicken. In addition, they will definitely diversify a regular dinner or even decorate a festive table.

Simple Chicken Avocado Salad

Ingredients

• 2 boiled chicken fillets;
• 1 large avocado
• ¼ bulbs;
• ½ lime juice;
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro or basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Preparation

Cut the chicken into strips, the avocado and onion into small cubes. Combine them in a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

If you have a food processor or blender, you can use it to grind all ingredients except chicken. Then the salad will have a creamier, more delicate texture.

Healthy salad with chicken, vegetables and feta cheese

Ingredients

• 1 lemon;
• 800-900 g of tomatoes;
• 2 boiled or fried chicken fillets;
• 1 large cucumber;
• ½ cup chopped parsley leaves
• ¼ cups chopped green onions;
• ¼ glasses of fresh basil leaves;
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper;
• ½ cup finely chopped feta cheese.

Preparation

Rub the lemon zest (2 teaspoons is sufficient). Squeeze juice from the lemon itself (2 tablespoons required). Coarsely chop the tomatoes, fillets and cucumber. Place them in a large bowl, add the zest, lemon juice and other ingredients besides cheese, and stir.

Let the salad sit for 10 minutes, then stir it again and serve garnished with feta cheese.

Spicy Chicken and Broccoli Salad

Ingredients

• 2 heads of broccoli, disassembled into inflorescences;
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 shallots;
• 2 red chili peppers
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 4 fried chicken fillets;
• a handful of pitted olives;
• 4 tablespoons of soy sauce.

Preparation

Boil broccoli in boiling water or steam for 4-5 minutes (until soft). Freshly frozen broccoli will need to boil 10 minutes longer. Place the cabbage in a colander, transfer to a bowl and set aside.

Heat oil in a saucepan. Cook finely chopped shallots in it for about 2 minutes, then add the seeded and chopped chili and chopped garlic. Fry them for another 4 minutes until tender.

Remove the onion, pepper and garlic from the oil and add them to the broccoli. Also place the chopped chicken and olives in a bowl and stir.

Pour the soy sauce into the buttered saucepan where the onions, peppers and garlic were sautéed. Heat the mixture over medium heat and pour over the salad. The finished dish can be served warm or cold.

Hearty salad with chicken and mushrooms

Ingredients

• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 300-350 g of champignons;
• 1 large carrot;
• 1 small onion;
• 5–6 pickled cucumbers;
• 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
• salt and black pepper to taste;
• olive oil.

Preparation

Rub the chicken fillet with salt and pepper and sauté it on both sides in olive oil until tender. Transfer the meat to a cutting board, let cool for at least 10 minutes, then cut into medium cubes and pour into a bowl.

Separately fry the diced mushrooms until golden brown (when the water has evaporated, season with salt). Send the finished mushrooms to the chicken bowl. Then fry the grated carrots and finely chopped onions until softened and add them to the salad. Cut the cucumbers into small cubes too and add to the rest of the ingredients.

Wait for the salad to cool to room temperature and season with mayonnaise. Add more salt and pepper if desired.

Spicy chicken and pineapple salad

Ingredients

For the salad:

• 1 cup fresh or canned pineapple, diced
• 450 g baked or boiled chicken fillet;
• ½ cup cashews;
• 2 green onion feathers;
• salt to taste.

For refueling:

• ½ cup Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• ½ teaspoon of ground dried garlic;
• ground hot pepper - to taste.

Preparation

Combine the pineapple with medium-sized fillets, halved nuts and chopped onions (only the white and light green feathers are needed for the salad). Prepare the dressing separately: Whisk together the yogurt, mustard, garlic powder and hot pepper in a bowl.

Season salad, salt and chill in the refrigerator. Serve as a stand-alone meal or as a snack along with crackers.