Warm chicken and lentil salad

Recipes / Salads

Take a takeaway chook and whip up this simple, yet satisfying low-fat salad.

Recipe «Warm chicken and lentil salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 large barbecue chicken, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 250g baby roma tomatoes, halved, 2 x 400g cans lentils, drained, rinsed , 2 tbsp white balsamic dressing, 100g baby spinach .

Ingredients:

  • 1 large barbecue chicken 
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 
  • 250g baby roma tomatoes, halved 
  • 2 x 400g cans lentils, drained, rinsed 
  • 2 tbsp white balsamic dressing 
  • 100g baby spinach 

Instructions

  1. Remove and discard skin and bones from chicken. Thickly shred chicken, then chop.
  2. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic. Cook for 2 minutes or until fragrant. Add chicken and tomatoes. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until warmed through.
  3. Add lentils and dressing. Toss gently for 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through and well combined. Serve chicken mixture on spinach. Season with pepper. Serve.