Healthy Pulled Chicken Salad
Thermomix recipe: Healthy Pulled Chicken Salad. Ready in 35 minutes. Serves 4. Step-by-step Thermomix instructions on Chef Amai.
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken breast fillets, skinless, boneless
- 500 g water (for steaming)
- 150 g celery, roughly chopped
- 80 g red onion, peeled, halved
- 100 g red bell pepper, deseeded, roughly chopped
- 100 g Greek yogurt (or mayonnaise for a richer version)
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped (or 1 tbsp dried dill)
- ½ tsp salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp black pepper, or to taste
- Mixed salad greens, for serving
Instructions
- Place the chicken breast fillets into the Varoma dish. Ensure they are not overlapping too much for even cooking.
- Pour 500 g water into the mixing bowl. Secure the Varoma into position on top of the mixing bowl. Cook 20-25 min / Varoma / Speed 2, or until the chicken is cooked through. Carefully remove the Varoma and set aside.
- Discard the cooking water from the mixing bowl. Place the cooked chicken breasts into the mixing bowl. Shred 5 sec / Reverse / Speed 4. Transfer the shredded chicken to a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Without cleaning the mixing bowl, add the roughly chopped celery, red onion, and red bell pepper. Chop 3 sec / Speed 5. Add the chopped vegetables to the bowl with the shredded chicken.
- Add the Greek yogurt, fresh lemon juice, Dijon mustard, fresh dill, salt, and black pepper to the mixing bowl. Mix 10 sec / Speed 3 until well combined.
- Pour the dressing over the shredded chicken and chopped vegetables. Mix thoroughly with a spatula until everything is evenly coated.
- Serve the healthy pulled chicken salad immediately over a bed of fresh mixed salad greens.
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