Spiced chicken & pineapple salad

5:2 diet recipe for 2 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has pineapple, chicken breast, red onion, mixed leaf, coriander, cherry tomato, red chilli, white wine vinegar and sweet chilli sauce.

Spiced chicken & pineapple salad

Spiced chicken & pineapple salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: 5:2 diet
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Coriander: small bunch coriander, leaves picked
  • Chicken Breast: about 140g pack cooked, sliced chicken breast (sweet chilli, hot and spice or BBQ work well)
  • Red Chilli: 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • Cherry Tomato: handful cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Red Onion: 1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • White Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • Sweet Chilli Sauce: 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
  • Pineapple: 227g can pineapple in juice
  • Mixed Leaf: 90g bag mixed leaf

Directions

  1. Drain the pineapple, reserving the juice. If in rings, chop into chunks. Mix with the chicken, onion, leaves, coriander and tomatoes, and divide between 2 containers if taking as lunch.
  2. For the dressing, whisk 2 tbsp of the pineapple juice, the red chilli, vinegar and sweet chilli sauce with some seasoning in a small jam jar or lidded container, and toss this through the salad before serving.