Chicken and Quinoa Salad Recipe

Chicken and Quinoa Salad

Marina Hotel Executive Chef Nicky Vella helps you get your daily protein fix with this deviously delicious chicken and quinoa salad recipe.

Servings: 4 portions

Ingredients:

600g Grilled chicken

250g Sweet potato

120g Quinoa

150g Cucumber

180g Chicory

70g Rucola, trimmed

160g Tomatoes

80g Leeks

30g Mint

40g Celery

40ml Olive oil

Seasoning according to taste

Method:

Grill the chicken breast and place aside to serve warm.

Boil the quinoa until cooked for approximately 20 minutes. Peel and cut the sweet potato in 1 cm cubes and boil for eight minutes, leave ‘al dente’. Slice cucumber and place on the plate. Trim the chicory and set.

Mix quinoa, sweet potato, leeks, celery with olive oil and mint. Season according to taste. Dice the tomatoes and mix in gently.

Place salad on the chicory, top with the carved chicken breast, and finish with fresh rucola.

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