Chicken Salad: A Quick, Waste-Free Recipe

Add an apple and an orange to the ingredients: they'll give your dish a very distinctive flavor. Serve the salad with croutons.

chicken salad recipe

CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE

Simple and quick to prepare and also perfect for the lunch at the office, chicken salad It's a nutritious dish that's also excellent as a one-pot meal during the summer. And to make it even tastier, have fun enriching the salad with oranges, according to your tastes. green beans, pineapple, capers, olive And much more. Specifically, we offer recipes for classic chicken salad and a variation with oranges, beets, and pomegranate.

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SIMPLE CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE

Let's start with the recipe for chicken salad in the classic version With ingredients calculated for four people. This recipe isn't wasteful, as it allows you to use up leftover chicken. Let's see how it's prepared:

Ingredients

(For 4 people)

  • Leftover roast chicken pieces
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 apple
  • 1 orange
  • 250 g of rocket
  • 160 g of boiled corn
  • Juice of ½ orange
  • Extra virgin olive oil
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Preparation

Debone and shred the chicken, peel the cucumber, orange, and apple. Combine the chicken, orange, and apple in a bowl. cucumber, orange, apple, and drained corn, season with oil and orange juice. Season with salt and mix. In a salad bowl, first arrange the rocket salad and top with the chicken salad. Add salt and oil and serve with croutons.

CHICKEN SALAD WITH ORANGE RECIPE

And here Chicken salad with oranges recipe: a colorful dish rich in beneficial properties for health thanks to the presence of oranges, pomegranate and beet, three foods to bring often to the table, when in season, to ensure all the beneficial properties our body needs.

Ingredients

(For 4 people)

  • 600 gr of chicken breast
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 1 pre-cooked beetroot
  • A handful of toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 1 head of lettuce
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper

Preparation

Prepare the vegetable broth with the carrot, onion, and celery and boil the chicken. Let it cool, then cut it into strips. Peel the two oranges, cut them into segments, and deseed the pomegranate. Place the chicken, oranges, and pomegranate in a bowl, along with the diced beets, lettuce, and pumpkin seeds. Season with salt, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, and serve.

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