Chicken avocado warm cobb salad
A healthy and delicious salad loaded with different textures and fresh flavours with a homemade dressing that transforms it into something really special!
Reviewed by our expert panel Serves: 2
Time to make: 20 mins
Total cost: $10.68 / $5.34 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 150g chicken breast
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups letuce or salad greens
- 1 green or red capsicum, diced
- 2 large tomatoes, diced
- ¼ avocado, diced
- 40g blue cheese, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- black pepper
- 1 slice grainy bread, halved
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- On a tray lined with baking paper, place chicken breast. Bake for 15 minutes, or until cooked through. Remove from oven and keep warm.
- Meanwhile, in a pot of boiling water, boil eggs for 5-6 minutes.
- While eggs are cooking, assemble salad ingredients. In the bottom of 2 bowls add lettuce, then layer other ingredients in rows on top.
- Shred chicken and peel and chop eggs. Divide between bowls. Dress salads to your taste and season with black pepper. Serve with grainy bread on the side.
Variations
You can use tuna or leftover meat instead of chicken.
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free bread and check mustard is gluten free.
Make it low FODMAP: Limit avocado to 1/8 per person.
HFG tip
This salad makes a good work lunch.
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Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 33cal
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Kilojoules 1830kJ
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Protein 24g
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Total fat 7g
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–Saturated fat 20g
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Carbohydrates 10g
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–Sugars 7g
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Dietary fibre 680g
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Sodium 180mg
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Calcium 3mg
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iron N/S
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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