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Grilled chicken salad with dragoncello sauce

Grilled chicken salad with dragoncello sauce

This hearty chicken and potato salad is packed with bold aniseed flavour from the tarragon (or dragoncello in Italian) and bound with a classic Italian-style dressing.

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Gluten freeHealthyLow in saturated fatHigh protein2 of your 5 a day
  • Serves4
  • CourseLunch
  • Prepare5 mins
  • Cook35 mins
  • Total time40 mins

Ingredients

  • 750g baby potatoes, larger ones halved or quartered
  • 240g pack Essential Round Beans, trimmed and halved
  • 2 free range eggs
  • 590g pack chicken thigh fillets
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
  • 20g pack tarragon, leaves finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 little gem lettuce, leaves torn
  • 1 cucumber, halved and sliced

Method

  1. Begin by boiling the potatoes in salted water for 15 minutes until tender. Add the beans for the final 5 minutes, then lift out with a slotted spoon, drain and allow to steam dry. Boil the eggs alongside in another pan for 8 minutes, then drain and set aside.

  2. Season the chicken and rub with 1 tbsp oil. Put a griddle pan over a medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and cook for about 10 minutes per side, until golden until thoroughly cooked with no pink meat and the juices run clear. Allow the chicken to rest on a board for a few minutes before slicing.

  3. As the chicken cooks, make the dressing. Peel the eggs and take the yolks out. Mash the yolks in a bowl, then add the garlic, anchovies, tarragon, vinegar, remaining oil and 1 tbsp warm water, then season. Roughly chop the egg whites and set aside.

  4. On a large plate or platter, layer up the beans and potatoes, lettuce and cucumber, drizzling with some of the dressing as you go. Finish with the chicken and chopped egg white, and the last few spoons of dressing.

Cook’s tip

This salad can easily be made pescatarian; simply swap the chicken for tuna, salmon or large prawns.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,206kJ/ 528kcals

Fat

26.6g

Saturated Fat

5.8g

Carbohydrates

30.6g

Sugars

5.1g

Fibre

6.8g

Protein

28.1g

Salt

1.2g

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