Tandoori Chicken Salad

When weekdays turn hectic, I always rely on easy recipes. There’s one such recipe I make again and again, nearly every week. Tandoori Chicken. Now who doesn’t love a good roast chicken? And plenty of leftovers? Even though I like to turn them into wraps and sandwiches, my favourite leftover idea is salads. When the experimental mood strikes, you never know what happens next!

I can’t say how much I love this salad. It’s inspired by a chicken salad that I happened to eat during one of our mid-week restaurant visits. This salad is super easy to make and flavorful too. The vinaigrette just pops out with flavour, and the yogurt drizzle takes it to a whole new level.

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Tandoori Chicken Salad

Healthy salad with tandoori chicken and lots of veggies.

5 from 41 votes

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Course: Salads

Cuisine: Indian

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes minutes

Author :Nish Kitchen

Servings 2

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Ingredients

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For Salad

• ▢ 1 and ½ cups shredded leftover tandoori chicken
• ▢ 1 cup carrot thinly sliced
• ▢ 1 cup cucumber thinly sliced
• ▢ 1 cup lettuce thinly sliced
• ▢ 3-4 small green chilies thinly sliced
• ▢ 5-6 cashew nuts
• ▢ ¼ cup yogurt lightly whisked

For vinaigrette

• ▢ ¼ cup oil olive / vegetable
• ▢ 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• ▢ 1 clove garlic minced
• ▢ A pinch paprika
• ▢ A pinch kasurimethi dried fenugreek leaves
• ▢ Salt and ground black pepper to season

Instructions

To make vinaigrette

• Whisk together all the ingredients until combined. Set aside.

To make salad

• Heat oil, and fry cashew nuts until golden. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together shredded chicken, carrot, cucumber, lettuce and green chilies. Pour the vinaigrette in the salad. Toss again. Transfer salad to a serving bowl. Drizzle with yogurt. Garnish with cashew nuts. Serve immediately.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 598kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 33g | Cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 211mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 14g

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