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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Salads => Topic started by: Brooke-MyLittleThermomix on November 21, 2011, 12:21:57 am

Title: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Brooke-MyLittleThermomix on November 21, 2011, 12:21:57 am

Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
(Adapted from Free Range in the City by Annabel Langbein)

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:-

Chicken:-
500g chicken breasts - largely diced
Juice of 1 lemon
20g olive oil
Foliage from 1 sprig of rosemary
Salt & Pepper

Salad:-
Baby spinach leaves
Sunflower sprouts (or any other kind)
Sliced salad vegetables - carrots, capsicum, snow peas, beans, cherry tomatoes etc.
2 tbsp toasted pine nuts

Spiked Yoghurt Dressing:-
125g natural greek yoghurt
75g mayonnaise (made in your TMX, of course!)
2 limes - zest and juice
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp rapadura, brown or palm sugar
1 clove garlic
2cm ginger - peeled
1 tsp tumeric
1/4 cup coriander leaves
2cm red chilli - seeds removed

Method:-

Chicken:-

1.  Place rosemary in TMX bowl and chop for 3 seconds on Speed 5.  Add olive oil, lemon juice, salt & pepper and mix for 3 seconds on Speed 4.

2.  Pour over chicken.  You can marinate for a while or grill immediately, depending on how much time you have.

3.  Grill the chicken on the BBQ or in a pan, until lovely and golden brown.

Dressing:-

1.  Place lime zest in TMX bowl and chop for 5 seconds on Speed 8.

2.  Add garlic, ginger and chilli and chop for further 5 seconds on Speed 8.

3.  Add coriander, chop for 3 seconds on Speed 5.

4.  Add yoghurt, mayonnaise, fish sauce, sugar, tumeric and lime juice.  Mix for 5 seconds on Speed 4.

Assembly:-

Place chicken in a large serving bowl with all the salad ingredients.  Pour dressing over and mix through.  Garnish with pine nuts.

Tips:-

To bulk the salad out a little more, you could add some steamed cous cous or a couple of chat potatoes which have been halved and boiled/roasted/steamed. 

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: judydawn on November 21, 2011, 12:52:45 am

Super looking salad Brooke, thanks for that.

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: cookie1 on November 21, 2011, 01:39:44 am

It is very colourful and enticing. Yum :-*

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Mary Brown on November 21, 2011, 03:09:03 am

yes thanks Brooke... one of my fav things... Chicken Salad  :)

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: achookwoman on November 21, 2011, 05:58:22 am

thanks Brooke, a good one for the warm weather.

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Halex on November 22, 2011, 11:57:37 pm

Looks amazing, thank you, great for hot perth days
Hally :)

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: CreamPuff63 on November 23, 2011, 04:55:36 am

that looks fantastic. dressing for the salad looks like it really makes it

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Halex on November 23, 2011, 06:01:13 am

I have 8 lemons, no limes, do you think lemons would work?

H :)

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Brooke-MyLittleThermomix on November 23, 2011, 12:55:32 pm

Hally,

I'd give it a go, I don't see why not.  Plus, I almost had to re-mortgage the house to buy 4 limes the other day so you know, at least you'll save some money!

Title: Re: Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
Post by: Halex on November 23, 2011, 11:25:52 pm

Thanks i will do
H :)