Chicken with longan and macadamia salad

The longan fruit is the sweet, juicy star of this tasty salad.

Recipe «Chicken with longan and macadamia salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/4 cup raw macadamia nuts, 2 single chicken breast fillets, trimmed, 1 red coral lettuce, washed, dried, torn, 200g longans, peeled, halved, stone removed, 200g snow pea sprouts, trimmed , 2 tbsp Sanitarium macadamia, or light olive, oil, 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 3 tsp finely shredded fresh mint leaves , Pinch sugar.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup raw macadamia nuts 
• 2 single chicken breast fillets, trimmed 
• 1 red coral lettuce, washed, dried, torn 
• 200g longans, peeled, halved, stone removed 
• 200g snow pea sprouts, trimmed 
• 2 tbsp Sanitarium macadamia, or light olive, oil 
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice 
• 3 tsp finely shredded fresh mint leaves 
• Pinch sugar 

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Spread the macadamias on a baking tray and bake for 3-5 minutes until light golden. Cool and chop. Set aside.
2. Bring a large frying pan of water to the boil. Add the chicken, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer the chicken for 12 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.
3. Combine the lettuce, longans and snow pea sprouts. Place the oil, juice, mint and sugar into a screwtop jar. Shake until combined.
4. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Slice the chicken and serve with the salad. Sprinkle with macadamias to serve.