The Health Nut Roast Chicken & Vegetable Salad
https://foodloversmarket.co.za/recipes/healthy-roast-chicken-salad/
This is the ultimate roast chicken salad to give you all the nutrients that will keep you fuller for longer! It’s February, but keep going strong on your resolutions by packing healthy lunchboxes to avoid eating junk food!
Cooking Methods
- Cooking
- Roasting
Serves
8Prep Time
40 minutesCooking Time
20 minutesIngredients
For the roast chicken
- 1 fresh whole chicken (or leftover chicken)
- 30ml (2 Tbsp) Moroccan rub or your favourite BBQ spice
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Dash of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 onions, peeled and quartered
- 2 lemons, halved
For the salad
- 500ml (2 cups) brown/wild rice, cooked according to instructions on the pack
- 200g cherry tomatoes halved
- 250g asparagus, blanched
- 250g sugar snap peas, blanched
- 200g butternut, cubed and roasted
- 100g baby salad/wild rocket leaves
- Flaked almonds, toasted
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
For the dressing
- 60ml Food Lover’s Rocket & Hemp Seed Pesto
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 15ml flax seed oil
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
Directions
For the roast chicken
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C. Coat the chicken with the rub and season well with salt and pepper. Helpful hint: Roast your chicken breast-side down so that all the yummy juices will seep into the chicken breasts that tend to be slightly dryer than the rest of the chicken.
- Place the chicken in your roasting tray along with the onions and lemon halves. Drizzle with olive oil and place into the oven for about 20 minutes then lower the heat to 180C and roast for another 20 minutes or until fully cooked and golden.
- Place the chicken in your roasting tray along with the onions and lemon halves. Drizzle with olive oil and place into the oven for about 20 minutes then lower the heat to 180C and roast for another 20 minutes or until fully cooked and golden.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool until you can handle the chicken. Flake the chicken meat and set aside until needed. Helpful hint: Reserve the chicken bones to make home-made chicken stock for later. Home-made stock freezes well, so there is absolutely no wastage!
- Assemble the salad by combining the rice, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, butternut and the baby salad/wild rocket leaves.
- Top with the roast chicken and toasted almond flakes.
- Combine all ingredients and season to taste. Serve alongside your health nut roasted chicken salad. Deelish!
For the salad
For the dressing
Notes
Can I make this recipe during loadshedding?
Prepare the rice before the time and store it in the fridge. Grab a cooked whole chicken, or chicken pieces from Food Lover’s Market, use leftover roast chicken, or cook the chicken on a weber or braai.
