Greek salad with crackers and chicken

Original, delicious, juicy, bright, healthy! Greek salad with crackers and chicken is an unusual way to prepare a popular salad. Adding baked chicken breast makes it more satisfying, and crackers add an interesting note. This salad can be safely replaced with dinner.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 39 % 7 g
Fats 28 % 5 g
Carbohydrates 33 % 6 g
99 kcal
GI: 67 / 33 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a Greek salad with crackers and chicken? Prepare the products. Wash and dry the vegetables well, lettuce leaves and basil with special care — excess moisture will spoil the dish. The fillet is better suited chilled, it will turn out juicier. Pre-defrost the frozen.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Spread the clean and dried fillet with salt and paprika. In addition, you can use any spices to taste.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wrap the fillets in foil, trying to carefully bend the edges so that the juice does not spill out. Put the resulting bundle in a baking dish. Bake the meat for 40 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C. Then remove it from the oven and cool completely. The fillet baked in this way turns out to be very juicy and soft. But you can use fried or boiled meat.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cut the bread into cubes, put it in a frying pan and sprinkle with olive oil. Fry the bread until browned over low heat. Cool the finished crackers.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cut cucumbers into halves of circles.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Tomatoes — slices.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Remove the core with seeds from the bell pepper. Cut the pulp into strips.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Peel the onion and cut it into half rings.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Chop the basil. It can be replaced with any dry or fresh herbs to taste. Cut the cheese into cubes. Traditionally, feta or cheese is added to the Greek salad, choose high-quality cheese, without vegetable fats in the composition.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Cut the chilled fillet into thin slices.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Put cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil in a salad bowl. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper, then pour in the oil and lemon juice. Stir the salad.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Take a large flat dish. Put the salad leaves on it. Put the seasoned vegetable salad on top.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Put chicken fillet pieces, sliced cheese, olives on top. Put the crackers last so that they remain crispy and delicious.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Immediately serve the salad to the table — seasoned vegetables will eventually release juice. Enjoy your meal!

Choose juicy tomatoes, but dense. Soft fruits do not keep their shape well, in the process of slicing and cooking they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

The skin, if it is not rough, not damaged and not bitter, does not need to be cut off.

How to choose the right olives? It is better to buy the product in a transparent package. So you can see their appearance and color. If the olives are too black, then food dyes have been added. The fruits should be elastic, whole, with a smooth, shiny skin. Too soft, overripe olives will not be stored for a long time.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Fresh cucumbers - 15   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Olives - 166   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g
  • White bread - 266   kcal/100g
  • Pickled cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Lettuce leaves - 12   kcal/100g

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