Golden saffron chicken and potato salad
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
serves
4
Golden saffron chicken and potato salad
The appeal of this beautiful saffron chicken salad owes as much to its colour palette as to its vibrant flavour.
Ingredients (17)
- 100ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 175ml dry white wine
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
- 4 (x 180g) corn-fed chicken breasts
- 6 Dutch cream potatoes, peeled, cut into 2cm-thick slices
- 150g yellow beans
- 100g ready-cooked polenta, cut into 2cm cubes
- 250g yellow cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 soft-boiled eggs, halved
Sweet lemon dressing
- 1/2 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice, plus finely shredded zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Method
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1.Combine 2 tbs olive oil, lemon slices, white wine, bay leaves and 1 tsp saffron in a large zip-lock bag. Season, add chicken breasts, seal bag, then massage to coat chicken. Refrigerate overnight.
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2.For the sweet lemon dressing, combine all the ingredients in a screwtop jar. Season, then seal and shake to combine.
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3.Place potato in a saucepan with remaining 1/2 tsp saffron and 1 tsp salt.
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4.Add enough cold water to cover, then set aside for 15 minutes for flavours to infuse. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes or until just tender. Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
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5.Blanch the yellow beans in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
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6.Preheat the oven to 180°C. Drain the chicken, reserving lemon slices, and pat dry with paper towel. Heat 1 tbs olive oil in a frypan over medium-high heat and cook chicken for 2-3 minutes each side until golden. Transfer to a roasting pan with reserved lemon slices and roast for 6-8 minutes until chicken is cooked. Set aside to rest, loosely covered with foil.
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7.Meanwhile, heat another 1 tbs olive oil in a frypan over medium-high heat and cook polenta, turning, for 2-3 minutes or until pale golden. Drain on paper towel.
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8.Return frypan to the heat and add the remaining 1 tbs olive oil. Cook the potato, turning, for 2-3 minutes or until golden and crisp. Drain on paper towel.
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9.Divide potato, polenta, lemon slices, beans and tomato among 4 plates. Thickly slice chicken and place on top. Top each with half a soft-boiled egg, season and drizzle with dressing to serve.
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