Low-fat Christmas recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has chicken breast, olive oil, red onion, mixed leaf, cucumber, dried cranberries, cranberry and lime.
Cranberry chicken salad
Course: Low-fat Christmas
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Chicken Breast: 2 skinless chicken breasts
- Olive Oil: 4 tsp olive oil
- Red Onion: 2 red onions, thinly sliced
- Lime: juice 1 lime
- Cucumber: 1/2 cucumber, deseeded and sliced
- Cranberry: 85g/3oz cranberry sauce
- Dried Cranberries: 25g dried cranberries
- Mixed Leaf: 200g mixed leaves
Directions
- Slice each chicken breast in half horizontally to give 4 thin breasts, then rub with half the oil and season. Heat a non-stick frying pan and fry the chicken for 3 mins on each side until cooked through. Set aside on a plate.
- Heat the remaining oil in the pan and fry the onions for 5 mins. Slice the chicken, collecting any juices, and layer up with the onions, leaves, cucumber and dried cranberries. Mix the cranberry sauce, lime juice, 2 tbsp water and any chicken resting juices, and drizzle over the salad.
