Chicken Caesar salad

Serves: 4

Time to make: 35 mins

Total cost: $18.48 / $4.62 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients

1 clove garlic, minced
½ teaspoon liquid honey
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 x 200g chicken breast fillets
80g sourdough baguette, cut in thin slices
4 thin slices prosciutto
oil spray
200g green beans, trimmed, sliced
4 cups baby cos lettuce
1 Lebanese cucumber, trimmed, peeled, thinly sliced
⅓ cup low-fat plain yoghurt
1 anchovy in oil, drained, finely chopped
2 soft-boiled eggs, peeled, halved

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Mix garlic, honey, half the mustard and half the lemon juice in a small bowl. Place each chicken fillet on a 20cm x 30cm tinfoil piece. Spoon lemon mixture over chicken and season with cracked black pepper. Fold tinfoil edges to enclose chicken fillets in 2 parcels. Place parcels on a baking tray. Cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove parcels from oven and leave to cool. Shred chicken and set aside.

2 Line a separate baking tray with baking paper. Place sourdough and prosciutto on tray. Spray sourdough lightly with oil. Bake, turning sourdough once, for 8-10 minutes or until sourdough and prosciutto are crisp and golden. Set aside to cool. Snap prosciutto into shards.

3 Blanch green beans in a medium-sized pan of boiling water. Refresh beans under cold running water then drain well.

4 Place shredded chicken, toasted sourdough, prosciutto, green beans, lettuce and cucumber in a large bowl. To make dressing, whisk yoghurt and remaining mustard with lemon juice and anchovy.

5 Plate each salad serve with topped with half an egg and a drizzle of dressing.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Kilojoules 1170kJ

Calories 280cal

Protein 36g

Total fat 8g

–Saturated fat 2g

Carbohydrates 15g

–Sugars 4g

Dietary fibre 4g

Sodium 670mg

Calcium 130mg

Iron 2mg

Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.