Categories: Salads

Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables

Spring is right around the corner. And even though nowadays you can buy fresh vegetables all year around, in spring they taste somehow special. Maybe this is a way how body let’s you know it needs to be replenished with vitamins.

This is why I am publishing this recipe for salad made of fresh bell peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes with boiled white chicken meat and a bit of cheese.

By the way, mayo in the dressing can be mixed with sour cream for skinnier version.

Ingredients:

  • 0.5-0.75lb of chicken breast meat
  • 1 big bell pepper
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • 2-3 baby cucumbers
  • 0.5 cup of shredded cheese (I used italian blend)
  • Mayo to taste
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 1
  2. Bring a pot with water to boil, salt to taste, add chicken in and cook until cooked through (about 20 mins); remove pot from burner and let chicken cool down with the water:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 2
  3. Slice bell pepper in half, remove stem and seeds, and slice (first in stripes, then in smaller pieces), move to the salad bowl:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 3
  4. Remove chicken cooled down to room temperature from the water and dice it into pieces similar in size with how you sliced bell peppers, move to the salad bowl:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 4
  5. Dice tomatoes into pieces of similar size and add them to the bowl as well:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 5
  6. Then do the same with cucumbers (if cucumber skin is bitter, peel them before slicing):
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 6
  7. Add shredded cheese:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 7
  8. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 8
  9. Add mayo:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 9
  10. Then mix:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 10
  11. And serve right away:
    Salad with Chicken and Fresh Vegetables Recipe: Step 11
Enjoy!

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  • I can't wait to make this for my friends that are eating healthier this summer. Heck for me I could eat this for any meal.

    • Yes! I am making this for lunches at work and sometimes for dinner. I just vary ingredients a bit to not get bored :)