Apricot Chicken Salad with Tarragon, Grapes and Almonds
Inspired by techniques from America's Test Kitchen.
A sweet-savoury chicken salad with chopped dried apricots, red grapes, toasted almonds, tarragon and basil in a light mustard mayonnaise.
Always check the labels of the products you use.
Method
Unlock all flavours with Premium
This flavour is part of Premium. You can see the ingredients and nutrition; the quantities and the full method are for members.
Premium: $4.99/month or $39.99/year.
Equipment
- medium saucepan with lid
- instant-read thermometer
- large mixing bowl
- chopping board and knife
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 341 kcal |
| Protein | 28.9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 11.8 g |
| of which sugars | 8.2 g |
| of which free sugars | 0.2 g |
| Fat | 19.9 g |
| of which saturates | 3 g |
| Fibre | 2.1 g |
| Salt | 0.67 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
8.5 g High Protein needs ≥ 10 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
Metric · 6 servings
Chicken
- 700 g skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 4)
- 1 bay leaf
Dressing
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 60 g dried apricots, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- 1 small shallot, minced
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1.5 g fine sea salt or table salt about ¼ tsp
Salad
- 80 g red grapes, halved
- 50 g flaked almonds, toasted
- 2 tbsp tarragon leaves, chopped
- 10 g basil, shredded
- 1
Prepare the chicken. Simmer the chicken very gently from cold with the bay leaf, then lid it and let it finish cooking off the heat for 15-17 min (74 °C at the thickest point). Cool and pull into shreds.
- 2
Make the dressing. Stir the mayonnaise, apricots, lemon, mustard, shallot, cayenne and salt together and leave 5 min so the apricots soften.
- 3
Fold. Fold in the chicken, grapes, almonds and herbs. Chill 20 min and serve on soft lettuce leaves.
Storage
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to 2 days. Not suitable for freezing. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
