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Hot Chicken Salad with Sweet Mustard Dressing
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Introduction from Simon Hopkinson
Not sure what to do with leftover roast chicken? Then look no further than this delicious and easy-to make recipe from Simon Hopkinson’s The Good Cook.
Ingredients
Method
Using a small food processor, ideally, blend together the first 5 dressing ingredients until smooth. With the motor running, gradually add the oil and water, alternately, until an homogenous dressing is realised. Pour into a small bowl and set aside.
Season the chicken legs and very quietly fry them, skin side down in the sunflower oil, in a frying pan until the skin is really crisp; anything up to a slow 10–15minutes, and do not rush them. Turn over and do the other side, but for not as long a time – it is the skin that you need to be crisp, for a sensational hot salad. Cut the chicken meat away from the bones and roughly slice. Keep hot.
To serve, put the salad greens into a bowl, season them, then briefly dress with lemon juice and oil. Pile on to 2 plates, sprinkle with the shallot and surround with cucumber slices. Pile the chicken on top of the greens and, without drowning the salad, spoon over some of the dressing. Eat forthwith, while the chicken remains crisp and hot.
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