Easy Chicken Salad Bowl
Brighten up your lunchtime with this easy chicken salad bowl! We added tomatoes, sweetcorn, lettuce, carrots and more to this bowl.
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Salads are better with protein. And this one has a lot of it. Our great big chicken salad bowl is enough for you and your friends to share - or you can eat it all for yourself, it's totally healthy either way!
Not to mention, it's super delicious. We gathered the freshest ingredients around to make this wonderful dish.
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Chicken Not Cooking Fast Enough?
Want your chicken to cook faster? Here's a tip: Before you season it, wrap it in plastic wrap and pound it with a meat pounder or blunt object. This tenderizes the meat and makes it cook faster, and more evenly, all the way through!
Have you ever sat close to the kitchen at a restaurant and heard pounding noises coming from within? This is most likely the cook beating chicken with a tenderizer in order to get it nice and tender. This also helps it cook better so you won't end up with a dried-up exterior or burnt ends.
How to Make a Great Big Chicken Salad Bowl
1. Coat 4 chicken fillets (we prefer chicken breast as it's the leanest part of the chicken) with sunflower oil, juice from ½ a lemon, and salt and pepper to taste. Add whatever other seasonings you typically like on your chicken and let it marinate.
2. Then, fire up the stove and grill your chicken fillets on each side until they are cooked all the way through - and really make sure they are cooked all around!
3. Meanwhile, take your 2 sweet gem lettuce leaves and coat it with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Grill them on each side until they are lightly charred.
4. Finally, grab a great big salad bowl and add 4 handfuls of mixed leaves, 2 cups of sweetcorn, 3 handfuls of chopped baby tomatoes, 2 peeled carrots, and balsamic vinegar. Add your chicken and lettuce, and drizzle a little bit more olive oil on top.
5. Mix, plate, and enjoy!
Storage Options
Chicken is very particular, so there are certain ways you need to store it. First of all, you should never leave chicken out in a room-temperature area for more than a couple of hours. If the chicken is already cooked, you should store it as quickly as possible.
It can stay in a fridge for a few days, but if you aren't going to use all of your leftovers in that amount of time, it's better to just freeze it all.
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Easy Chicken Salad Bowl
Equipment
- 1 chopping board
- 1 Chefs knife
Ingredients
- 4 chicken fillets
- A splash of sunflower oil
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 2 sweet gem lettuce
- Olive oil
- 4 handfuls of mixed leaves
- 2 cups of sweetcorn
- 3 handfuls of chopped baby tomatoes
- 2 peeled carrots
- balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Coat 4 chicken fillets (we prefer chicken breast as it's the leanest part of the chicken) with sunflower oil, juice from ½ a lemon, and salt and pepper to taste. Add whatever other seasonings you typically like on your chicken and let it marinate.
- Fire up the stove and grill your chicken fillets on each side until they are cooked all the way through - and really make sure they are cooked all around!
- Meanwhile, take your 2 sweet gem lettuce leaves and coat it with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Grill them on each side until they are lightly charred.
- Grab a great big salad bowl and add 4 handfuls of mixed leaves, 2 cups of sweetcorn, 3 handfuls of chopped baby tomatoes, 2 peeled carrots, and balsamic vinegar. Add your chicken and lettuce, and drizzle a little bit more olive oil on top.
