How to Cook Chicken With Waldorf Salad
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Ingredients needed to make Chicken With Waldorf Salad:
For the chicken:
- 2 boneless chicken breasts, cut into thick slices
- 4 oz walnuts, roughly chopped
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the sauce:
- 4 oz walnut halves
- 2 red apples, cut into wedges
- 2 green apples, sliced into wedges
- 1 celery head
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- Zest and juice of a lemon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup mayonnaise
Cooking instructions for Chicken With Waldorf Salad:
- Dump the walnuts into a food processor and pulse them into a fine crumbs.
- Smother either side of each chicken breasts with the Dijon mustard and sprinkle the salt as well as black pepper over them to season.
- Spread the walnut crumbs across a flat plate or tray and place the chicken strips on them.
- Toss or roll them a number of times to coat well with the crumbs and shake off any excess bits; set aside.
- Heat a frying pan over moderate heat and pour in olive oil once the former is hot.
- Throw in the chicken to the frying pan and saute for about 3-4 minutes, stirring often, until they are cooked through and turn golden brown.
- Drain off with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel to absorb any excess grease.
- To make the salad, cut divide the celery into two equal halves; slice one of it into 2’ long strips while chop the other into small pieces.
- Place the thyme leaves in a bowl and drizzle the olive oil over them.
- Throw in the celery strips and toss them together until well coated with the oil; sprinkle salt and black pepper to season.
- Heat a griddle pan until it begins to smoke and sear the celery strips for a couple of minutes or until heated through; set aside.
- Add rest of the salad ingredients into a salad bowl and toss them together to coat well with the mayo.
- Arrange a bed of waldorf salad at the centre of each plate and place a walnut chicken over each bed.
- Top it up with the seared celery and serve at once.
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