Italian Chicken Salad
Recipe: #14211
September 09, 2014
"Insalata Di Pollo"
Ingredients
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- FOR THE SALAD
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (580.7 g)
- Calories 463.7
- Total Fat - 41.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.8 g
- Cholesterol - 136.1 mg
- Sodium - 2323.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.5 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 13 g
- Calcium - 114.4 mg
- Iron - 3 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Prepare the croutons:Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F
Step 2
Toss bread cubes with olive oil and salt in a large shallow baking pan and spread in 1 layer. Bake, turning over once, until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack.
Step 3
Make vinaigrette dressing and begin preparing salad while croutons bake:
Step 4
Whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients except olive oil in a small bowl until combined. Add olive oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified.
Step 5
Toss chicken and bocconcini mozzarella together with 1/4 cup vinaigrette in a bowl and let stand 10 minutes to allow flavors to develop.
Step 6
Prepare the salad:Toss together romaine lettuce, red peppers, olives, chicken and bocconcini mixture, croutons, and remaining vinaigrette in a large bowl until combined. Makes 4 main-course servings.
Tips
No special items needed.