Nicoise chicken salad

High protein lunch recipe for 2 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has rapeseed oil, lemon, balsamic vinegar, garlic clove, basil, black kalamata olive, skinless chicken breast, rapeseed oil, new potato, green bean, red onion, cherry tomato, romaine lettuce and black kalamata olive.

Nicoise chicken salad

Nicoise chicken salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: High protein lunch
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Garlic Clove: 1 garlic clove, grated
  • Black Kalamata Olive: 3 pitted black Kalamata olive, rinsed and chopped
  • Cherry Tomato: 14 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Red Onion: 1/2 red onion, very finely chopped
  • Green Bean: 200g fine green beans
  • Lemon: juice 1 lemon
  • Basil: 1/3 small pack basil, leaves chopped
  • Balsamic Vinegar: 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • New Potato: 250g new potatoes, thickly sliced
  • Rapeseed Oil: 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • Romaine Lettuce: 6 romaine lettuces leaves, torn into bite-sized pieces
  • Skinless Chicken Breast: 2 skinless chicken breasts

Directions

  1. Mix the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl with 1 tbsp water. Add 1 tbsp of the dressing to the chicken breasts and toss well to coat. Heat the oil in a small non-stick frying pan with a lid and cook the chicken for about 12 mins, covered, turning over halfway until cooked all the way through.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes for 7 mins, add the beans and boil for 5 mins more or until both are just tender, then drain.
  3. Put the chicken on a plate to rest while you toss the beans, potatoes and remaining salad ingredients together in a large bowl with half the dressing. Slice the chicken, arrange on the salad, then add any juices to the remaining dressing and spoon on top.