Lentil salad with chicken and cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a lentil salad with chicken and cheese? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Lentils are green, as they keep their shape better. Rinse it well in several waters, add 2 cups of water, put it to boil. It will take about 25 minutes (after boiling). If you soak the lentils in advance, they will cook faster. It is better to boil fillets and lentils in advance, so as not to wait until they cool down. Instead of dried tomatoes, you can take olives.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the garlic, wash and grate it on a fine grater or pass it through a press. To prepare the dressing, pour the oil into a small deep container, squeeze out the lemon juice, add garlic.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly. At the same time, keep in mind that the cheese has a rather salty taste - do not over-salt the dressing.

4. Step 4:

   

   Arugula can be replaced with other herbs, such as mint, spinach, lettuce leaves and others. The main thing is that the greens are young and fresh. Remove the flaccid leaves from the arugula, wash and dry. Transfer to a large salad bowl.

5. Step 5:

   

   Wash the bell pepper, remove the stalk and seeds, cut into small cubes.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel the onion, wash it and also cut into small cubes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Wash the cucumber and cut off the tail. The skin, if it is not rough, not damaged and not bitter, does not need to be cut off. Dry and cut the cucumber into small cubes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cut tomatoes into small pieces.

10. Step 9:

    

    Try the lentils, if they have already become soft and there is too much water, make more fire and, stirring, evaporate all the liquid. Cool the finished lentils and transfer to the vegetables in a salad bowl.

11. Step 10:

    

    Rinse the chicken fillet under running water, put it in a saucepan with slightly salted water and bring to a boil. Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes after boiling. Then drain the water, and cool the chicken fillet completely. Cut into medium-sized cubes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Pour the dressing over the salad and mix.

13. Step 12:

    

    Before serving, add pieces of cheese to the salad.