Green Goddess Chicken Salad

This green goddess chicken salad is not just your average chicken salad! Poached, tender chicken breast, with sweet corn and chickpeas, topped off with a delicious green goddess dressing made with avocado, arugula and almonds - a protein-rich delicious chicken salad that is healthy and delicious too!

Course Salad

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Servings people

Calories 408kcal

Author Shinta

Equipment

Ingredients

For Poaching the Chicken

2 chicken breasts (I used 8 ounce chicken breasts)
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon thyme
3 bay leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup water

For the Green Goddess Dressing

2 avocado (use the flesh of 2 avocados)
3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp lime juice
3 tablespoon Greek yogurt
1 cup arugula or approximately a handful of arugula leaves
1/3 cup almonds

Additional Ingredients

1/3 cup sweet corn canned corn, drained
1/3 cup chickpeas canned chickepeas, drained

Instructions

Poaching the chicken in the Instant Pot:

Start by poaching the chicken - add the chicken breasts to the Instant Pot, along with 1 cup of water, the garlic, thyme, bay leaves and salt.
'Pressure Cook' the chicken for 6 minutes on 'High', and let the pressure release naturally.

Poaching the chicken on the stovetop

To poach chicken on the stovetop, add the chicken breasts to a pot along with 1 cup of water. Add the garlic, thyme, bay leaves and salt and let the water come to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, untill the chicken is tender. Let the chicken rest in the poaching liquid for another 15-20 minutes.

To Make the Green Goddess Dressing:

Add all the ingredients for the green goddess dressing into the food processor or blender and process untill smooth

To assemble the salad

Slice the chicken breasts and add to a bowl with chickpeas and corn. Top up with green goddess dressing and serve.

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