Basil and lemon chicken salad with air fried garlic croutons
This recipe needs advance preparation!
This superb salad recipe with wonderful Mediterranean flavours is truly enhanced by adding Air fried garlic croutons.
Ingredients
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- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 teaspoon fine caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon French mustard
- 60ml olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Leaves from a BIG bunch of basil
- 210g cooked chicken cut into bite-sized pieces - supermarket packs are good for this
- 100g bag of mixed salad leaves
- Air fried garlic croutons made from 2 bread rolls
Method
- Add the lemon juice and zest, sugar, French mustard, olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to a bowl and whisk until well combined.
- Add the chicken pieces to a Lock and Lock box, pour over the dressing, shake and leave to marinade for 4 hours
- Meanwhile prepare the garlic croutons and allow to cool
- To serve, remove the chicken and drain using a sieve over the dressing container for 10 minutes
- In a large bowl, mix the basil leaves in with the mixed leaf salad, pour over the salad dressing and mix well
- Add the salad leaves to serving plates and arrange the chicken pieces over the top
- Garnish with plenty of garlic croutons
Variations
Serve with crispy bacon instead of the Air fried garlic croutons
Chef's notes
I've used a vacuum sealed container to marinade the chicken in a very short time.
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