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Salad with peaches

Peach and Chicken Salad

Quick, easy, original — perfect for a party! This peach salad comes together from just a handful of ingredients: chicken, fruit, and cheese. Each one brings something to the table, and the mix of sweet, savory, and tangy makes for a salad that's a little unexpected but really delicious.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken breast

250

Bacon (optional)

Peaches (canned)

Hard cheese

100

Mayonnaise

Poppy seeds

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 41 % 12 g

Fats 41 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 17 % 5 g

191 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

How do you make a peach salad? Gather your ingredients. Poach the chicken breast ahead of time and let it cool. The bacon is optional. Use canned peaches.
Step 2:

Poach the chicken: lower it into boiling salted water and cook over medium heat until done, 30–40 minutes depending on size. Cool it completely and cut it into long strips. Lift the peaches out of the syrup, pat them dry, and cut them into strips.
Step 3:

Grate the cheese on a julienne grater (or the large holes of a box grater). Choose a good, flavorful cheese with no milk-fat substitutes — hard or semi-hard kinds grate most easily.
Step 4:

Cut the bacon into pieces and fry it in 1 tsp of olive oil for about 4 minutes, until crisp. Drain it on paper towels to blot off the extra grease.
Step 5:

Assemble the salad. Spread the chicken on a plate as the first layer.
Step 6:

Top the chicken with the crispy fried bacon.
Step 7:

Peaches go on next.
Step 8:

The final layer is the grated cheese.
Step 9:

Drizzle the mayonnaise over the top.
Step 10:

Finish with a sprinkle of poppy seeds. Refrigerate the salad for an hour to let it set, then serve. Enjoy!

The salad looks neat and pretty if you cut all the ingredients into pieces of the same size and shape (cubes, for instance).
It's worth making your own mayonnaise — it tastes better and is better for you. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt as the dressing instead of, or mixed with, the mayonnaise in any ratio you like, which lightens up the dish.
One tip: the wrong pan can ruin even the best recipe, so it's worth choosing a good skillet for the job.