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skinnymixer's Red Pesto Chicken Salad

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This is a hearty salad, that even the manliest salad hater will love.

It’s perfect to feed a crowd, I was able to feed my family of 4 and have more than half left over – you can make it go even further with extra salad stuff and dressing too. The beauty of this recipe is you can either prepare it ahead of time and enjoy it cold, or cook it and eat it warm. I hope you love it 🙂

Love Nik xx

skinnymixer's Red Pesto Chicken Salad

5 from 2 votes
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 265kcal

Ingredients

  • 50 g portion of red pesto
  • 500-700 g chicken breast - cubed
  • 500 g baby red potato - sliced into thick round coins

Dressing Ingredients

  • 100 g red pesto
  • 30 g greek yoghurt - or home made mayonnaise for dairy free
  • 10 g balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp salt

To serve

  • baby spinach
  • chopped macadamia nuts

Instructions

  • Add dressing ingredients to mixer bowl, combine for 10 sec/speed 2/MC on. Set aside.
  • Put your prepared potatoes into the simmering basket and coat the chopped chicken breast in the 50 g or 1.8 oz red pesto and put into the deep steaming tray.
  • Without washing the bowl, add 500 g or 17.6 oz water to mixer bowl, insert simmering basket, put the steaming tray in place and cook for 17-20 min/steaming temp/speed 3 or until cooked. Stir chicken part way through to ensure even cooking.
  • Set potatoes aside to cool and tip out steaming water. Put chicken into the mixer bowl and roughly chop for 1-2 sec/speed 5/MC on.
  • At this point you can either allow your potato and chicken to cool completely before combining with dressing and salad items, or combine it warm for a warm salad. 

Notes

Please note: This recipe will last a maximum of 3 days in the fridge due to raw garlic and the risk of botulism.
Bellini Users
Use your blunt blade for this recipe.
At step 3, if using an Intelli pop a tea towel over the steamer, use ST temp and extend cooking time if required. If using a Supercook, use 120-130 degrees.
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Nutrition

Serving: 200g | Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.1g | Protein: 29.9g | Fat: 8.4g | Saturated Fat: 2.1g | Sodium: 478mg | Sugar: 6.3g

 

 

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  1. Just made this for lunch and it was delicious! Super easy to make and the whole family loved it! Thanks Nik for sharing the recipe!

  2. Absolutely devine. My daughter and husband don’t eat sundried tomatoes, but LOVE this. Thank you for allowing me to introduce them amazing flavours, that they want to have again. I am about to make it for the 4th time since the recipe was released!! 🙂

  3. Another amazing recipe! Everyone polished off every last bit, and a fussy (visitor) eater had seconds! Winning 🙂

  4. Beautiful! So quick and easy!
    I had been to the shop at lunch and purchased the missing items only to arrive home late and decide I didnt have enough time. Decide to make the pesto in prep for tomorrow night and end up with the salad in minimal time with minimal effort. Top Pick for me!

  5. This recipe is easy to make and simply delicious. Even my fussy son smashed it down. Yet another amazing recipe from the guru.

  6. This was beautiful. Only my husband & I ate it (I have a family of 4), so there’s enough for our lunch tomorrow 🙂

  7. Amazing salad! I used extra chicken and doubled the dressing. Not dry at all. My husband and I absolutely loved it. Plenty for leftovers for tomorrow. Will definitely be making again! Don’t wait any longer you have to try this:-)

  8. Just made the red pesto salad for dinner, and it was a winner! Both kids ate without complaining for a change, so safe to say this is now on the dinner rotation!

  9. Another amazing meal from Skinnymixers. Thank you. 😍 Love this recipe and loved that it makes enough for lunch leftovers too.

  10. I made this and mixed half of it with half packet pilly cheese told my capsicum hating(with a vengeance) family it was a tomato dip, LOVE LOVED IT . didn’t say a word ,it has been ordered again for our next get together, if only they knew

  11. So easy & really tasty, will make this again & play around with using roast veggies instead of potatoes to make it low carb.

  12. I’d really like to try this recipe but this family, collectively don’t like chicken breast (bit too dry) and prefer chicken thighs. Does this recipe work with thighs? Thanks Nik, in advance!

  13. Just made your Red Pesto Chicken Salad, it was absolutely delicious. I will add more oil to the pesto as we found it a little dry.
    We made our own Tomato Paste and semi-dried tomatoes.
    Love your recipes, thanks for all your hard work.
    Regards,
    Penny

  14. That was such a simple and easy meal to cook but incredibly tasty! A definite favourite that will be cooked plenty of times. Absolutely delicious. Thank you 🙂

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