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Avocado and Chicken Salad on Arugula
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Avocado and Chicken Salad on Arugula

A refreshing salad with grilled chicken breast, creamy avocado and arugula with a lemon-honey dressing

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice and honey until smooth.
    Bowl

For the Pan-Seared Cut

  1. 2
    Sprinkle the chicken on all sides with the salt and black pepper.
  2. 3
    Heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  3. 4
    Fry the chicken in a single layer 4 minutes per side, until it is golden and cooked through.
    Stove
    💡Chicken pieces in a single layer, left alone until the underside releases, sear and brown; in a crowded pan they release liquid and steam.

To assemble

  1. 5
    Slice the red onion into thin rings.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 6
    Let the chicken cool slightly and slice it into thin slices.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 7
    Arrange the leaves on a serving plate.
  4. 8
    Arrange on top the red onion, tomatoes, avocado and sliced chicken.
  5. 9
    Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately.
    💡The dressing goes on only just before serving: dressed green leaves wilt within minutes.
339calories
20 gprotein
7 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 25%● carbs 8%● fat 67%

Per serving (282 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · For the Pan-Seared Cut · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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