Send to a friend Grilled Chicken & Chorizo Rice Salad
Posted by Al Brown in Recipes: Family Friendly, Recipes: Chicken, Recipes: Pasta & Grains, Recipes: Salad, 2011.03.04
This is the sort of salad I make to take on a picnic, or something easy to serve on a Sunday evening in the summer. Let's hope we still have a few more sunny evenings to come this Autumn! It’s served as a salad, but is substantial enough to serve as a main with all that rice in there.
Step 1. Cooking Chicken
Ingredients…
500 gm Chitz Chicken Tenderloins
Al Brown & Co Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 clove Kiwi Garlic (finely chopped)
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 cup More Herbs oregano leaves (roughly chopped)
Sea salt and freshly cracked Trade Aid black pepper
Method…
Heat char grill/bbq or similar to high heat.
Place all ingredients in a large bowl and combine until chicken is evenly coated with the seasonings. Grill the chicken over high heat until you have achieved some charred lines and meat is cooked through. Remove chicken from grill and cool. Refrigerate until required, or continue to next step.
Step 2. Assembling and Serving
Ingredients…
3 cup Trade Aid cooked rice (cooled)
Grilled Chicken (shredded or rough chopped)
1 Waikanae Butcher chorizo (sliced thin, sautéed and cooled)
2 cups Zoe’s Garden French green beans (cooked and rough chopped)
1 punnet Saucy Sisters cherry tomatoes (halved)
1 avocado (cut into 1 cm cubes)
1 cup basil leaves (rough chopped)
1 cup parsley leaves (rough chopped)
2 handfuls baby spinach
1 cup Wakelin House tomato vinaigrette
Sea salt and freshly cracked Trade Aid black pepper
Method…
In a large mixing bowl, combine the rice, grilled chicken, chorizo, beans, tomatoes and avocado gently with clean hands or a wooden spoon. Finish the salad by adding the herbs, spinach and tomato vinaigrette. Once the vinaigrette is added the herbs and spinach will slowly begin to wilt, so I suggest dressing the salad just before you intend to serve it. Season to taste.
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I made this for dinner tonight. The kids weren't too fussed with it, but Marcus and I thought it was absolutely delicious. I would highly recommend giving it a go.
Posted by Sheryl Hyde, 03/26/2011
Sounds divine. Must try this!
Posted by Karen Stewart, 03/04/2011