Tuesday 24 June 2008

Chicken and Grape Salad with Creamy Citrus Dressing

Ingredients
1 tbsp Oil
4 Chicken Breasts
50g/2oz Smoked Streaky Bacon or Lardons, fried until crispy
250g/8oz Red and Green Grapes, halved
1 Cucumber, cut into bit sized pieces
1 Red Pepper, sliced
1 Yellow Pepper, sliced
Mixed Salad Leaves
For the dressing
200ml carton low fat Crème Fraiche
2 tbsp Orange Juice
juice ½ Lemon
2 tsp French Mustard
Method
Heat the oil in a large frying pan, cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces and gently fry with the bacon until the chicken is cooked and the bacon brown.
Transfer to a mixing bowl with the grapes and cucumber.
Add the peppers to the pan and cook until the skin is charred, then add to the chicken mixture.
To make the dressing place all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk well.
Scatter some salad leaves on to 4 serving plates then divide the chicken mixture over and pour over the dressing.

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