Recipe: Chicken Salad

It had been a lovely sunny day and neither R or I wanted anything too heavy to eat at the end of a long day.

So I decided to throw together a quick salad out of what we had in the fridge.

And it was absolutely delicious, so I thought I would share it with you guys.

Chicken Salad
Recipe for two

Ingredients
2 x Chicken Breasts
6 x Rashers of Bacon (Chopped into smaller pieces)
8 x new potatoes halved (I just chopped up larger potatoes, either way is fine)
1/2 a Cucumber (chopped into discs and quartered)
2 x Celery Stalks (chopped in half and sliced into smaller pieces)
6 x Cos Lettuce Leaves (washed and roughly chopped)
Pinch of Salt and Pepper

Dressing
4 tbsps of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 tbsps Fresh Lemon Juice (pre-squeezed is ok to use but fresh does taste better)
Pinch of salt and Pepper

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F
2. Season Chicken with Salt and Pepper and wrap in foil packets. Place on a baking tray. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until fully cooked.
3. Meanwhile  boil the potatoes until cooked. When cooked drain and leave them to cool.
4. Fry Bacon and leave to cool.
5. After 15 minutes uncover chicken and continue to cook. 
6. Assemble all cold ingredients in serving dish adding the potatoes (chopped smaller if desired)
7. Prepare the Dressing by whisking the oil and lemon together, season to taste (add more/less lemon or oil to suit your own tastes).
8. Once Cooked slice and place the chicken over the bed of salad. Sprinkling the bacon around it.
9. Lastly drizzle the dressing over the chicken and salad.
10. Enjoy

Voila!

Happy Eating

J xx