Light spring salad with avocado and chicken breast: how to dress it deliciously
In spring, you always want light and nutritious food. A variety of salads made from vegetables and herbs are perfect for this occasion. And instead of high-calorie mayonnaise, you can use sour cream or Greek yogurt for dressing.
The idea of preparing a light spring salad was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan (katarina_movchan). The dish is based on lean chicken and avocado.
Recipe for a light spring salad
Source: Screenshot of the post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet – 400 g
- eggs – 4 eggs and 4 whites (8 eggs in total)
- medium-sized avocado – 2 pcs.
- fresh cucumber – 250 g
- salted cucumbers – 200 g
- carrots – 200 g
- salt, ground smoked paprika, and dried basil to taste
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
Ingredients for the dressing:
- egg yolks – 4 pcs.
- Greek yogurt or sour cream – 230 g
- mustard not spicy – 1 tsp.
- salt and pepper – to taste
Method of preparation:
Marinate chicken for salad
Source: Screenshot of the post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
1. Boil the carrots and peel them.
2. Boil the eggs until the yolk is hard and peel them.
3. Sprinkle the fillet with salt, dried basil, smoked paprika, drizzle with oil and massage.
Chop the ingredients for the salad
Source: Screenshot of the post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
4. Wrap in foil and bake in a preheated 180-degree oven for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
5. Cut carrots, fresh and pickled cucumbers, and baked fillets into medium cubes.
6. Pour all the chopped ingredients into a bowl, divide 4 eggs into yolks and whites – the yolks will go into the dressing, and cut the whites along with the eggs into a medium cube. Pour into a bowl.
Chop the eggs
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
7. Peel and dice the avocado last.
8. Pour into a bowl and mix the salad.
9. For the dressing, mash the yolks with a fork.
Preparing the dressing
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
10. Add mustard, yogurt, salt, and pepper.
11. Mix well together.
Ready-made salad
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Kateryna Movchan
12. Combine the salad with the dressing. You can add salt.
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