Chicken salad, currently very popular… those who want can season it only with lemon, otherwise for everyone else there is mayonnaise. A special, tasty one-dish meal, you can prepare the ingredients in advance and assemble them when ready to eat. Sometimes it may happen to have leftover chicken with potatoes from the previous day, in fact, it happened to me to prepare a very good salad even with that and without mayonnaise, seasoned only with oil and plenty of lemon.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Spring, Summer
- Energy 390.25 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 14.97 (g) of which sugars 1.33 (g)
- Proteins 26.21 (g)
- Fat 25.81 (g) of which saturated 3.64 (g)of which unsaturated 0.56 (g)
- Fibers 3.17 (g)
- Sodium 1,586.77 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 210 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients to prepare the chicken salad
- 9 oz chicken breast
- 7 oz pickled mixed vegetables
- 1 head lettuce
- 5.5 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 lemon
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 3.5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Tools to prepare the chicken salad
- Cutting Board
- Small Pot
- Bowl
- Strainer
Preparation for the chicken salad
In a small pot, boil the chicken breast, easier to cut into strips for twenty minutes.
Wash and dry the lettuce well
Cut the lettuce into the thinnest julienne you can.
Drain the pickled mixed vegetables, easily found in supermarkets, which include julienned carrots, celeriac, and some peppers
Cool the chicken and cut it into thin strips.
Combine all the ingredients in the bowl, the chicken with the pickled mixed vegetables and the julienned lettuce.
If everyone loves mayonnaise, then add it too, otherwise, just some oil will suffice. Serve the mayonnaise at the table and those who like it can add it to their plate.
The chicken salad is ready!
Alternative
Alternative
Alternative
We have an alternative for those who do not particularly like chicken: It can be replaced with turkey, or surprisingly even with pork loin. Have you never found that a leftover roast has turned into a very good salad? This too could be an idea to recycle, in the kitchen it’s not difficult.
