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Chicken, Quinoa & Roasted Almond Salad

Here's how you make Chicken, Quinoa & Roasted Almond Salad
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 25m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 800 grams boneless chicken breast (fillets, trimmed specified 4 x 200 gram breast fillets)
  • 3 small (15 grams) chicken bouillon cubes (5 gram chicken stock cubes, crumbled)
  • 2 lemon slices
  • 1/2 cup quinoa ( red quinoa, rinsed)
  • 3 cups spinach (English spinach, shredded)
  • 22 grams radish (5 small bulbs, thinly sliced)
  • 3/4 cup coriander, fresh chopped
  • 1/3 cup mint, fresh chopped
  • 1/2 cup almonds, chopped (dry roasted)
  • FOR DRESSING
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 garlic clove, small and minced
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • Salt, to taste
  • Pepper, to taste
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: Place chicken, stock cubes and lemon slices in a large, deep frying pan and just cover with cold water and bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.

  • Step 2: Drain chicken and cool for 10 minutes and refrigerate, covered, until cold and then thinly slice.

  • Step 3: Combine quinoa with 1 1/2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil and cover with lid and simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes or until tender and drain and transfer to a bowl to cool.

  • Step 4: To make dressing whisk all ingredients in a jug until combined.

  • Step 5: Before serving, place chicken, quinoa, spinach leaves, radishes, herbs and almonds in a large bowl and drizzle over dressing.


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