Christmas Chicken Salad with Pomegranate and Peanuts

Chef Dina Nikolaou

Chef Dina Nikolaou

Chicken breast fillet

Servings

Μερίδες

4

Preparation

Χρόνος προετοιμασίας

1 hour

Cooking
time

Χρόνος μαγειρέματος

2 hours

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Ingredients

  • 500 g Aggelakis Chicken Breast Fillet
  • 1 onion, peeled, whole
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2-3 whole cloves
  • 2-3 allspice berries
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 3 thick carrots
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 5 eggs
  • 100 g salted peanuts
  • 300 g mayonnaise
  • 150 g strained yogurt
  • 3 tbsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp. ground cumin
  • Seeds from 3-4 pomegranates
  • A little olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (fan setting).

2. Peel the potatoes and carrots and place them in the center of a sheet of baking parchment.

3. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with a little olive oil, and fold the paper into a parcel.

4. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until tender.

5. Remove from the oven, let cool, and cut into small cubes.

6. Put the chicken fillets in a pot with water.

7. Add the whole onion, bay leaf, cloves, allspice, salt and pepper.

8. Boil the fillets for 25-30 minutes, until tender.

9. Remove the fillets from the pot and cut them into small cubes.

10. Heat 2 tbsp. olive oil in a non-stick frying pan.

11. Add the chicken and brown it.

12. Hard-boil the eggs.

13. Peel the eggs, chop finely, and season with salt and pepper.

14. In a bowl mix the mayonnaise, yogurt, mustard, cumin, and a little salt and pepper.

15. Line a large round mould with plastic wrap and spread 2 tbsp. of the mayonnaise mixture all around the inside.

16. Arrange, in rows: half the chicken, half the carrots, the chopped onion, the eggs, a portion of the mayonnaise mixture, then the remaining chicken and carrots.

17. Finish with the roasted potatoes.

18. Cover the mould with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

19. Unmould the chicken salad onto a platter and cover it with the peanuts and pomegranate seeds.

20. Keep chilled until serving.

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