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Crisp Chicken and Egg Salad (With Dressing)

Here's how you make Crisp Chicken and Egg Salad (With Dressing)
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 40m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 large eggs (hard boiled, quartered)
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup oil (rice bran oil, plus extra for frying)
  • 1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon water (hot)
  • 800 grams raw chicken breast fillets (3 breasts,trimmed)
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (plain)
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs (soft, fresh)
  • 80 grams lettuce leaves (chopped butter lettuce recommended)
  • 1 medium avocado (sliced)
  • 2 tomatoes (medium, quartered)
  • 40 grams snow pea sprouts (coarsely chopped)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Separate one egg, reserving the egg white.

  • Step 2: Process yolk, whole egg, mustard and juice until frothy.

  • Step 3: With motor running, very gradually add 1/2 cup rice bran oil until mixture thickens.

  • Step 4: Add basil, 2 tablespoons parmesan and 1 tablespoon hot water, process briefly to combine and then transfer to a medium jug and season with salt to taste and then set aside.

  • Step 5: Cut chicken in half horizontally and place chicken between sheets of baking paper and pound gently to flatten slightly.

  • Step 6: Whisk reserved egg white with milk in a shallow bowl.

  • Step 7: Place flour on a plate.

  • Step 8: Combine remaining parmesan and breadcrumbs on another plate.

  • Step 9: Dust chicken with flour, shaking off excess and then dip in milk mix and finaly in crumb mix to coat evenly.

  • Step 10: Place on a plate and cover with plastic food wrap and chill for 15 minutes.

  • Step 11: Pour extra oil into a large frypan to 2cm deep and heat over moderate heat.

  • Step 12: Shallow fry chicken in batches for 2 minutes each side or until golden and cooked.

  • Step 13: Drain on paper towels and then slice.

  • Step 14: Combine lettuce leaves, avocado, tomato, sprouts and chicken on a platter and top with quartered hard boiled eggs and drizzle with basil dressing.

  • Step 15: Serve at once.


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