Creole Chicken Salad
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 15
  • Servings: 4
  • Preparation Time: 10
  • 4 skinless single chicken breast fillets (125g each), cut into strips
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup salt reduced chicken stock
  • 1/2 medium red capsicum, diced (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced spring onions/shallots
  • 4 cups watercress sprigs or snow pea sprouts, loosely packed
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 6 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 3 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
DIRECTIONS
  1. Place chicken in a large pan; pour wine and stock over. Bring to the boil over a medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer to poach chicken until cooked through and no longer pink, about 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, with a slotted spoon. Cover and chill until required. Boil chicken liquid rapidly, uncovered, over a medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Reserve 1/4 cup chicken liquid
  2. 2. To prepare dressing, whisk reserved chicken liquid, lemon juice, oil, Creole seasoning and mustard in a small bowl until well combined.
  3. 3. Place chicken, capsicum and spring onions in a large bowl. And dressing and fold together until well combined. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  4. 4. Arrange watercress prigs around 4 individual plates, dividing equally. Spoon chicken salad into centre of each plate, dividing evenly. Serve immediately.
  5. COOK'S TIPS
  6. To poach chicken, use a large diameter pan and make sure chicken is covered with liquid. Then simmer slowly over a medium low heat until cooked.
  7. As chicken comes to the boil, fat and other impurities rise to the surface to form a fatty foam. Use a slotted spoon to skim off his scum, then discard.