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Chicken-Pistachio Salad Recipe
by Lani

Chicken-Pistachio Salad

Just for curiosity, I tried and did the exact recipe of Chicken-Pistachio Salad from South Beach Diet specially the dressing, I like it! The dressing is easy to do, just mix all the ingredients needed and blend it, that's it. But the chicken mixture, it took me a long time to prepare. First, I don't have ground pistachio nuts, so I have to shell manually, then blended it in a blender to become powder. Nevertheless, it's worth. It's good

Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
  United States American
  Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • For the salad
  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachio nuts, finely ground
  • 1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon + 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup diced sweet white onion
  • 1 head romaine lettuce
  • For the dressing
  • 1 teaspoon grated sweet onion
  • 1 large ripe avocado, pitted and peeled
  • 3 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon water

Directions

  1. To make the salad: Preheat the oven (oven toaster) to 220°C.
  2. In a plate, mix the nuts, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
  3. Press the chicken into the nuts. In a pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil and cook the coated chicken breast, 2 minutes per side.
  4. Place the chicken breasts in the a baking dish and bake for 15 minutes or until cook.
  5. In a pan, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil. Add onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and a pinch of pepper. Cook until the onion is browned.
  6. To make the dressing: Puree onion, avocado, oil, lime juice, and water in a blender.
  7. Place bite size lettuce in a plate. Slice the chicken breasts and arrange on top of the lettuce. Serve with the dressing.