Garlic Chicken Salad
🌟Main ingredient:Chicken
✨secondary ingredients: egg and garlic
⏱️Cooking time: 40 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Not spicy
👨👩👦👦Number of diners:
Ingredients
2
chicken
breasts
2
eggs
4
cloves
of
garlic
1
head
of
lettuce
1
medium
cucumber
1
medium
tomato
1
small
red
onion
1/2
cup
cherry
tomatoes
1/4
cup
sliced
black
olives
1/4
cup
croutons
1/4
cup
grated
Parmesan
cheese
Salt
Pepper
Olive
oil
Cooking steps
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
2. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
3. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Add the chicken breasts to the skillet and cook for 6-8 minutes per side, or until cooked through.
5. Remove the chicken from the skillet and let it rest for a few minutes. Then, slice it into thin strips.
6. While the chicken is resting, place the eggs in a small saucepan and cover them with water.
7. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 9 minutes.
8. Remove the eggs from the saucepan, cool them under cold water, and peel them. Slice them into quarters.
9. In a small bowl, crush the garlic cloves and mix them with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
10. Wash and tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Place them in a large salad bowl.
11. Slice the cucumber, tomato, and red onion and add them to the salad bowl.
12. Add the cherry tomatoes, black olives, croutons, and Parmesan cheese to the salad bowl.
13. Drizzle the garlic and olive oil mixture over the salad.
14. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
15. Toss all the ingredients together until well combined.
16. Arrange the sliced chicken and quartered eggs on top of the salad.
17. Serve the garlic chicken salad immediately.
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