Caprese salad is a quintessential Italian dish, featuring the vibrant red, green and white of the Italian flag and usually served very simple. I believe I have taken the traditional Caprese salad to the next level by making it a complete meal. This will absolutely impress guests and the best part – all of the elements can be prepared ahead of time in the Thermomix. A big thank you to Cafe Delights for the beautiful photography inspiration. Love Nik xx
Ingredients
Dressing
- 100 g balsamic vinegar
- 20 g coconut sugar - or sweetener of choice
- 30 g olive oil
- 30 g orange juice
- 1 tsp dried oregano flakes
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp onion powder
Salad
- 2 chicken breasts - flattened to ensure even cooking
- 1 punnet of ripe baby roma tomatoes - halved
- 1 tub of baby - or bambini bocconcini, drained, halved
- 1 avocado - sliced or cubed
- baby cos lettuce - roughly torn/chopped
- large handful of fresh basil - sliced thinly
- cracked black pepper
- salt flakes to taste
Instructions
Please note – this recipe requires a recommended 8 hours marinating time.
- Add balsamic vinegar and sugar to mixer bowl. Cook for 5 min/steaming temp/speed 1/MC off.
- Add remaining dressing ingredients to mixer bowl. Combine for 15 sec/speed 7/MC on.
- Coat chicken well using 1 Tbsp of the dressing. Set rest of dressing aside in the fridge. Marinate chicken for a recommended 8 hours in the fridge. You can skip this step if you want to cook it right away, but marinating gives a better depth of flavour.
- Feel free to fry, grill, bake or BBQ your chicken until cooked, letting it rest for 5 mins before slicing. Arrange the rest of your salad ingredients, drizzle with the reserved dressing and finish with cracked black pepper and a salt flakes to taste.
Tried this recipe?Mention @skinnymixer or tag #skinnymixers!
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 459kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.6g | Protein: 50.4g | Fat: 23.6g | Saturated Fat: 7.5g | Sodium: 292mg | Sugar: 8.2g
and then