Red chicken salad

Red chicken salad

A tasty 20 minute chicken salad recipe that could definitely fill you up at lunch.

TOTAL TIME 20 minutes (+ STANDING) | SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS 

• 160 ml white wine vinegar
• 60 ml caster sugar
• 1 red onion, halved, sliced thinly
• ½ red cabbage, shredded finely
• 20 g flaked almonds
• 450 g cooked baby beetroot, drained
• 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 60 ml chives, cut into lengths
• 2 small radicchios, leaves separated
• 150 g goat’s cheese, crumbled
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

METHOD

WHISK vinegar and sugar together in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add onion and cabbage; toss gently to coat.

STAND 30 minutes to pickle slightly. Drain in a colander and discard excess dressing. Season to taste.

MEANWHILE, stir almonds in a pan over medium heat until lightly toasted.

CUT larger pieces of beetroot into irregular shapes. Add beetroot to cabbage mixture with chicken and half the chives; toss gently to combine.

ARRANGE radicchio on a serving platter; top with cabbage mixture, goat’s cheese, almonds and remaining chives. Drizzle with oil.

FOOD TEAM TIP: Feel free to leave the radicchio out of this recipe. 

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Red chicken salad

Serves: 4

Total Time: 20 minutes (+ STANDING)

Ingredients

• 160 ml white wine vinegar
• 60 ml caster sugar
• 1 red onion , halved, sliced thinly
• ½ red cabbage, shredded finely
• 20 g flaked almonds
• 450 g cooked baby beetroot, drained
• 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 60 ml chives, cut into lengths
• 2 small radicchios, leaves separated
• 150 g goat’s cheese, crumbled
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

1

Whisk vinegar and sugar together in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add onion and cabbage; toss gently to coat.

2

Stand 30 minutes to pickle slightly. Drain in a colander and discard excess dressing. Season to taste.

3

Meanwhile, stir almonds in a pan over medium heat until lightly toasted.

4

Cut larger pieces of beetroot into irregular shapes. Add beetroot to cabbage mixture with chicken and half the chives; toss gently to combine.

5

Arrange radicchio on a serving platter; top with cabbage mixture, goat’s cheese, almonds and remaining chives. Drizzle with oil.

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