Are you looking for a delicious salad that uses only a few easily accessible ingredients? Then you might want to check out this recipe. Smoked chicken breast, pasta, sweet corn, red onion, kidney beans, sweet grapes and toasted sunflower seeds are a combination of flavours we like a lot! This smoked chicken salad is great for a party, dinner or as a light lunch at work (it’s a great lunch box’ meal).
The recipe is very simple and can be whipped up in less than half an hour. You can prepare this smoked chicken and pasta salad ahead of time. Just make sure you mix all the ingredients thoroughly before serving. If you want to prepare the salad for a party, I recommend that you double or triple the ingredients so you can feed a crowd (the proportions in the recipe are for 4 small portions).
Smoked chicken salad - substitutes
- Smoked chicken breast - smoked chicken or turkey thigh will also work. As a last resort, you can use ham to make the salad (it will, however, slightly change the taste).
- Pasta - medium sized pasta works best (make sure you don’t overcook it). If you want to make a gluten-free salad, feel free to add cooked rice instead of pasta.
- Grapes and toasted sunflower seeds - sweet grapes and crunchy sunflower seeds work great with the other ingredients, so I don’t recommend substituting them with the other products.
If you like fruit components in salads, I also recommend trying this delicious chicken and mango salad: Grilled chicken and mango salad.
Grab the recipe below and try this delicious chicken salad.
Smoked chicken salad with grapes
Ingredients
- 250 g smoked chicken breast
- 150 g small pasta
- 100 g sweetcorn
- 200 g canned red beans
- 150 g red grapes (seedless)
- ¼ red onion
- 3 tbsp sunflower seeds
- 2 tbsp mayonaise
- 1 spring onion (green part)
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package—be careful not to overcook it. Then rinse it with cold water, drain, and transfer to a bowl.
- Cut the grapes into halves or quarters, dice the smoked chicken breast, and finely chop the red onion. Add all these ingredients to the bowl with the pasta.
- Rinse the red beans with water, then drain them together with the corn using a sieve. Add them to the rest of the ingredients.
- Toast the sunflower seeds in a dry pan until lightly golden, then add them to the salad.
- Finally, add the mayonnaise, chopped green part of the spring onion, and season with salt and pepper. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Enjoy!
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