Beetroot and fried chicken salad
A raw beetroot salad, enriched with toasted almonds, diced fried chicken and potatoes.
As beetroot tends to colour everything it touches, you can be sure that your diced chicken will be an unusual but attractive bright pink - children love this!
As beetroot tends to colour everything it touches, you can be sure that your diced chicken will be an unusual but attractive bright pink - children love this!
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Last modified on: October 16th 2016
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
300 g raw beetroot - 2
100 g whole almonds - 3
200 g chicken breast - 4
2 tablespoons olive oil - 5
200 g cooked potato - 6 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 7
3 tablespoons herbs of your choice - 8
5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) - 9
salt - 10
pepper - Total weight: 960 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 20 min. | 19 min. | 39 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Peel and grate 300 g raw beetroot and put into a salad bowl.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Roughly chop 100 g whole almonds.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Put into a small frying pan on high heat to dry roast for a few minutes.
You can also do this in the oven.
Transfer to the salad bowl.
You can also do this in the oven.
Transfer to the salad bowl.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice 200 g chicken breast.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat.
When really hot, add the diced chicken and fry.
When nicely browned all over, add to the salad bowl.
When really hot, add the diced chicken and fry.
When nicely browned all over, add to the salad bowl.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
Chop 200 g cooked potato into small pieces (here I am using left-over potato grenaille) and fry in a frying pan with 2 teaspoons olive oil.
When browned, add to the salad bowl.
When browned, add to the salad bowl.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Chop the herbs and add to the salad with 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) to finish. Mix well.
Remarks
For the full "pink effect" mentioned above, be sure to leave the salad to rest for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 11.68 €
- Per person : 2.92 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Raw beetroot: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, Cubed salad, Sushi, Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Vegetable tartare, ... All |
| Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Artichokes with beef, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Gratin du Nord, Oven omelette, ... All |
| Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Chicken club sandwich, Chicken pie, Warm chicken salad, Paella, ... All |
| Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Grandma Solange's biscuits, Moist cereal bars, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Kugelhof for Nanou, ... All |
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