What do you say if we make the best homemade chicken salad recipe today, in Mediterranean style from leftover fried chicken, cherry tomatoes, grapes and mozzarella? You will see what delicious salad we will get, ideal for a romantic summer dinner.
After we have had a grilled or fried chicken menu, we are left with some of the chicken. This remaining chicken will be the basis of our salad and other Mediterranean ingredients and mozzarella, an Italian touch.
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Thus, this best homemade chicken salad recipe will sit in my preferences along with the grilled apricot salad recipe and tomatoes Caprese salad recipe.
And Now the Ingredients!
The night before, I had a roast chicken for dinner, so I used the meat from the chicken breast and a leg in this salad, about 450 g, without skin and bone.
I also used a mix of baby leaf salad, 110 g, but you can use any lettuce or ruccola.
The rest of the ingredients used are seedless red grapes (200 g), half a cucumber ( 200 g), one red onion and cherry tomatoes, about 150 g. And to add some of the tastes of Italy, I used 125 g of mozzarella.
Preparing the Ingredients
The simplest is first to prepare the ingredients, and then we will make the salad. We start with the chicken, which we will cut into strips after removing the skin and bones.
Next comes the red onion, which we cut into slices after peeling.
Baby plum tomatoes and grapes are enough if we cut them only in two.
And cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, then slice them not very thin.
It is left to prepare mozzarella ball, that after I cut it in half, I sliced it and I will add it at the end.
How to Make the Best Homemade Chicken Salad Recipe?
For this, we take a larger bowl for the salad in which we will mix the ingredients. I start with the baby leaves salad that I put first.
I sprinkled the sliced red onions on top of the baby leaves.
Next is the sliced cucumber that we put over the onion.
Then the grapes and cherry tomatoes.
And at the end, I added the chicken and mozzarella. I will put them after I mix everything so that they do not break too hard.
Lightly mix the ingredients in the bowl and season. For this, we make a separate dressing or add to the bowl directly the following ingredients as I did:
- 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil,
- 4 tablespoon Greek yoghurt,
- one and a half lemon juice,
- salt,
- ground pepper,
- one teaspoon of dried oregano.
All I have to do is add sliced mozzarella, which I incorporated into the salad with light movements.
I'm done with this, this is in my opinion the best homemade chicken salad recipe, which will surely delight you too and which we can serve.
Serving the Salad
You can leave the salad in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes, to let the flavours blend, then serve it on a flat plate, with a glass of white wine. Awesome!
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Best Homemade Chicken Salad Recipe
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
Ingredients
Salad
- 450 g roasted chicken breast or grilled
- 110 g baby leaf salad
- 1 piece red onion
- ½ piece cucumber 200 g
- 200 g seedless red grapes
- 125 g mozzarella
- 150 g baby plum tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
Dressing
- 4 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
- 4 tablespoon Greek yoghurt
- 1 ½ pieces lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon oregano dried
- 1 teaspoon sea salt kosher
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper freshly ground
Instructions
- I start with the chicken, which I will cut into strips, after removing the skin and bones. Next comes the red onion, which after peeling, I cut into slices. Baby plum tomatoes and grapes are enough if we cut them only in two. And cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, then slice it not very thin. The mozzarella ball, after I cut it in half, I sliced it and I will add it at the end.
- I start with the baby leaves salad that I put first in the bowl, and I sprinkled over the sliced red onions. Next is the sliced cucumber that I put over the onion, then the grapes and cherry tomatoes, at the end I added the chicken meat. Lightly mix the ingredients in the bowl and season.
- Make a separate dressing or add to the bowl directly the following ingredients how I did: olive oil, Greek yoghurt, lemon juice, salt, pepper and dried oregano. Mix and pour over the salad. Add sliced mozzarella, which I incorporated into the salad with light movements.
- Leave the salad in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes, to let the flavours blend, then serve it on a flat plate, with a glass of white wine.
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