Chicken salad with vegetables

Budget, from available ingredients, without eggs and mayonnaise! Chicken salad with vegetables, although simple, is very satisfying, juicy and incredibly delicious! The dressing here is so successful, fragrant that you will definitely use it in other salads! A great option for lunch, dinner or a quick snack.
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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 42 % 10 g
Fats 46 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 13 % 3 g
148 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make chicken salad with vegetables? This is a very simple salad. Prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Chicken fillet can be replaced with turkey fillet or another type of meat.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Fry sesame seeds, stirring, in a dry frying pan until light golden brown.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash and dry the chicken fillet. Wrap the fillets tightly in a piece of foil so that the juice released during baking does not leak out. Put the meat in foil on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 180 ° C oven for 30-35 minutes until cooked. Instead of baking, you can boil the fillets in salted water or fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Choose the method of preparing the chicken to your taste.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cool the finished chicken and cut it into strips or disassemble it into fibers with your hands.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Peel the bell pepper from the seeds and stalks and cut into thin strips.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

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

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Finely chop the garlic or pass it through a press.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Wash the parsley, dry it and chop it finely.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Now prepare the necessary for refueling. I have olive oil, but you can replace it with sunflower or any other vegetable to taste. In addition to these ingredients, you can add something to your taste to the dressing: white wine or apple cider vinegar, honey, etc .

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Combine olive oil, lemon juice and grainy mustard in a bowl. Mix everything thoroughly.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    In a salad bowl, combine chicken, bell pepper, cucumbers, garlic and herbs.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Season the salad with salt, pepper, pour the dressing and mix. In addition to salt and pepper, you can add a special spice mixture for vegetable salads.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Put the salad on a platter and sprinkle with fried sesame seeds. Bon appetit!

Chicken can be replaced with turkey or any other type of meat at your request. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

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

  • Fresh cucumbers - 15   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Dried whole sesame seeds - 563   kcal/100g
  • Shelled sesame seed - 582   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g
  • Granular mustard - 135   kcal/100g

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