Smoked Chicken, Pear, and Avocado Salad

A salad doesn't have to include lettuce. This salad makes a hearty meal.

Smoked chicken salad
  • Degree of Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost: $$
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes 
  • Cooking Time: 5 minutes  
  • Yields: 2 - 3 portions
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  • By: Nicolas Steenhout

I like to make salads based on varied fresh, ripe fruits and vegetables available. Avocado, green beans and pears are a favourite combination. Dipping fresh baguette in the leftover vinaigrette is nearly sinful!

 
 

Recipe

Ingredients

Vinaigrette

  • 75 ml (1/4 cup) Red Wine Vinegar
  • 10 ml (2 teaspoons) Dijon Mustard
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 225 ml (3/4 cup) Vegetable Oil

Salad

  • 2 Smoked Chicken breasts
  • 1 Pear
  • 1 Avocado
  • 200 g (1/2 pound) Green Beans
  • 2 Roma Tomatoes

Mise En Place

  1. Whisk the vinegar, mustard and egg yolk together.
  2. Slowly add the oil, a drop at a time, whisking energetically. This will emulsify the vinaigrette and it should thicken slightly.
  3. Trim the green beans and cook them in boiling water until they are just a bit crunchy when you bite into them.
  4. Peel the avocado, cut it in half, remove the pit, and slice each half thinly.
  5. Peel the pear, cut it in half, remove the core, and slice each half thinly.
  6. Slice the tomato in thin slices.
  7. Remove the skin from the smoked chicken, and slice it thinly.

Finition

  1. Plate all the ingredients.
  2. Pour vinaigrette over the salad.
  3. Enjoy!

Photos

Smoked chicken salad
The smoked chicken salad, ready to serve!

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