Chicken salad with crisp bacon recipe

Ingredients

  • meat from 1 ready-roasted chicken, shredded
  • 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
  • 1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 100g bag watercress
  • 2-3 heads red chicory, separated into leaves and halved if large
  • ¾ cucumber, halved, seeds scooped out, then sliced on the diagonal

For the dressing

  • 200g tub Greek yogurt
  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 spring onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp chopped tarragon

Method

  • Mix the ingredients for the dressing with a little seasoning. Stir in the chicken and loosen with water if necessary.

  • Slowly cook the bacon in a large frying pan until crisp and the fat has run out. Drain on kitchen paper. Meanwhile, mix the onion with the oil, vinegar and seasoning.

  • Toss the onion with the watercress, chicory and cucumber, then pile onto a platter. Spoon the chicken on top, then break or chop the bacon over the top of that. Serve with crusty bread.

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