Recipe : Yummy Chicken Salad

“A small chicken salad full and crisp, perfectly combining cucumber , peaches , endive, onions, arugula and diced chicken . Serve at the end of the meal, before the cheese, salad or as a complement to a small but delicious quick lunch. “

Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 20 minutes
No cooking

Ingredients for Chicken Salad With Peaches And Cucumbers

Serves 4:

• 1 cucumber
• 3 peaches
• 2 chicken breasts (cooked)
• 1 red endive
• 2 handfuls of roquette salad
• ½ red onion
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Salt
• Black pepper from the mill
• Ingredients for the vinaigrette:
• 5 tablespoons of hazelnut oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation: Chicken Salad With Peaches And Cucumber

Prepare the dressing:

1. Mix in a bowl all the ingredients for the vinaigrette. Then book it cool.

Prepare the salad:

1. Cut chicken breasts into small cubes. Then reheat in a pan (low heat) with olive oil. Salt and pepper to adjust the seasoning.
2. Mix well and cook over very low heat for about 10 minutes.
3. Then book diced chicken on a plate after removing from pan.
4. Peel and finely chop the red onion. Book.
5. Clean the cucumber under cold water, then cut into thin slices. Book.
6. Peel peaches, cut in half and remove cores, then detail each peach half into 6 districts. Book.
7. Clean, wash and spin dry the arugula. Book.
8. Clean the endive and red leaf through (keeping the leaves whole).

Presentation:

Place all ingredients in a bowl, add the diced chicken and coat everything with the vinaigrette.
Mix well, then divide the salad on small dessert plates.

Ideas, tips & tricks

A “trick” to easily peel peaches: plunge 15 to 20 seconds in boiling water, then go right after them for 5 seconds under cold water. The skin will be much easier to remove.

“Bon appetit!”