Green goddess chicken salad

Name: Green goddess chicken salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 32 min
Ingredients: 1 large avocado, stoned, peeled and chopped; ½ tbsp olive oil; 1 lime, zested and juiced; ½ jalapeño, deseeded; ½ small bunch of basil, torn; ½ cucumber, sliced diagonally; 2 medium eggs; 3 Little Gem lettuces, quartered; 50g sundried tomatoes; 2 cooked skinless chicken breasts, shredded; 2 spring onions, shredded; 200g cooked quinoa; 1 tbsp chopped pistachios

3 steps

Prep:25minCook:7min

Kick-start summer with a chicken salad that's bursting with colours and flavours, including basil, jalapeño and lime. It also boasts four of your five-a-day

Updated at: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:41:37 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories639.3 kcal (32%)

Total Fat25.2 g (36%)

Carbs63.6 g (24%)

Sugars23.1 g (26%)

Protein48.4 g (97%)

Sodium211.2 mg (11%)

Fiber18.4 g (66%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

1avocado

large, stoned, peeled and chopped

0.5jalapeño

0.5 bunchbasil

0.5cucumber

50gsundried tomatoes

2skinless chicken breasts

200gquinoa

1 Tbspchopped pistachios

Instructions

Step 1

Put the avocado, oil, lime zest and juice, jalapeño, basil, half the cucumber and 1 tbsp water in a blender and blitz until smooth. Season to taste, then set aside in the fridge until ready to use.

Step 2

Cook the eggs in a pan of boiling water for 7 mins, then rinse under cold running water to cool. Drain, peel and halve, then set aside.

Step 3

Toss the lettuce quarters with the sundried tomatoes, cooked chicken, the spring onions and remaining cucumber. Spread the cooked quinoa over the base of a serving plate, then top with the chicken salad, eggs and the dressing. Scatter over the pistachios and serve.