Categories: Salads

Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad

Any time is a good time for a salad. Especially if it is a chicken salad loaded with protein, in a great combination with tomatoes and mushrooms.

This salad can be an entry on its own or a side to another dish.

I used boiled chicken for this one, however leftover rotisserie chicken or turkey will work here as well.

If you want to go lighter on calories with this recipe, use light mayo, or a combination of yogurt and mustard.

Ingredients:

  • Chicken breast meat, 2 halves
  • 1/2lb of portobello mushrooms
  • 1 onion
  • 1 cup of shredded cheese (italian blend works great)
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • Fresh parsley and/or cilantro
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Mayo
  • Oil

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 1
  2. Boil chicken, for that: fill cooking pot with water, salt to taste and bring to boil, then add chicken in and cook for 15 mins; turn heat off and let chicken to cool down to room temperature while in the water; then take it out:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 2
  3. Warm up skillet with a bit of oil, peel and dice onion, fry onions until until lightly colored, stir from time to time:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 3
  4. While onions are cooking, clean and dice mushrooms; add mushrooms to the skillet:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 4
  5. And fry until juices produced by mushrooms evaporate (continue stirring), once ready remove skillet from the heat and let mushrooms to cool down:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 5
  6. Dice chicken breast into larger pieces, put to the deep bowl:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 6
  7. Pour mushroom and onion mix into the bowl as well; let both chicken and mushrooms cool down till room temperature before proceeding any further:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 7
  8. Add diced tomatoes (rather larger pieces as well):
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 8
  9. Add shredded cheese:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 9
  10. Chopped greens:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 10
  11. Season with salt and black pepper to taste:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 11
  12. Dress with mayo:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 12
  13. And mix:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad: Step 13
  14. And serve:
    Chicken, Tomato and Mushroom Salad
Enjoy!