How to Make Chicken Salad with Fruits

Serves: 4-6

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

Ingredients needed to make Chicken Salad with Fruits:

• 2 boneless chicken breasts, skinned
• 1 cup red seedless grapes, halved
• 1 green apple, diced
• 2 tbsp salted cashews, roasted and chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
• 1 medium shallot, minced
• 1 tsp brown mustard seeds
• 3 tbsp orange marmalade
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 tsp curry powder
• Fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• 1 cup low fat Greek yogurt, beaten
• Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 1 tbsp peanut or canola oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Cooking instructions for Chicken Salad with Fruits:

• Warm up your oven to 425 degrees F.
• Spread a sheet of aluminum foil across a baking sheet and place the chicken breasts on top.
• Smother them with a good lug of olive oil and sprinkle a dash of salt and ground black pepper generously until properly coated.
• Place the sheet into the hot oven and roast the chicken for 20 minutes or until the internal temperature rises up to 150 degrees F, as indicated by an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat.
• Change the cooking mode of the oven to broiler and baste the chicken with a lashing of 1 tbsp marmalade.
• Return the chicken into the oven and broil for 5 minutes, brushing it with the pan drippings from time to time, until it is cooked properly and turns golden in colour.
• Remove from heat and set aside until cool enough to handle.
• To make the salad, place the fruits, shallots, yogurt, lime juice and ½ tsp salt into a bowl and toss them all together, along with rest of the marmalade, until mixed thoroughly and well coated with the dressing.
• Heat the oil in a small pan over moderate heat, until it shimmers and throw in the garlic and mustard seeds.
• Stir fry until the seeds begins to splutter and stir in the curry powder immediately.
• Stir fry the mixture briskly for half a minute and pour it over the salad right away to temper.
• Stir them all together until well combined and set aside.
• Cut the cooled chicken into thin slices and stir it into the salad until distributed evenly throughout it.
• Adjust the seasonings if necessary and sprinkle the cilantro and cashews on top.
• Serve right away.

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