Name: Poached chicken salad with creamy feta dressing
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 cup salt-reduced chicken stock (or water with a squeeze of lemon and a few herbs); 2 small chicken breasts, skin removed; 4 baby cos lettuces, quartered; 200 gram green beans, blanched; 3.5 radishes, sliced; 1/2 telegraph cucumber, diced; 1/2 red onion, finely sliced; 4 eggs, boiled for 6-8 minutes for soft yolks or 8-10 for hard; Dressing; 1/4 cup lite or fat-reduced mayonnaise; 3 tablespoon lemon juice; 50 gram feta, crumbled; sea salt and pepper; 1/4 cup nuts and seeds, chopped (almonds, sunflower, pumpkin)

Ingredients

3 cup salt-reduced chicken stock (or water with a squeeze of lemon and a few herbs)

2 small chicken breasts, skin removed

4 baby cos lettuces, quartered

200 gram green beans, blanched

3.5 radishes, sliced

1/2 telegraph cucumber, diced

1/2 red onion, finely sliced

4 eggs, boiled for 6-8 minutes for soft yolks or 8-10 for hard

Dressing

1/4 cup lite or fat-reduced mayonnaise

3 tablespoon lemon juice

50 gram feta, crumbled

sea salt and pepper

1/4 cup nuts and seeds, chopped (almonds, sunflower, pumpkin)

Method

1.Heat the chicken stock or water in a medium saucepan and add the chicken breast. Very gently simmer for about 10-15 minutes (depending on the thickness) to poach. Test by piercing meat in the thickest part and the juices should run clear. Remove from the liquid and rest for 10 minutes before slicing thinly on an angle.

2.Arrange the cos, beans, radish, cucumber and onion on a large platter. Top with the chicken and quartered eggs.

3.For the dressing, combine the mayonnaise with the lemon juice. Whisk in feta, seasoning and add a little warm water to thin to a pouring consistency. Drizzle the dressing over the top and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

A few nuts adds essential vitamins and minerals. Ease up on calories by using low-fat mayonnaise or sour cream. Eggs are one of nature’s superfoods.
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