Festive Chicken Salad with Grapefruit Bowls

Bright, tasty, festive, presentable presentation! Serving in grapefruit bowls always attracts attention, arouses interest, delight and, of course, the desire to try. An interesting combination of juicy, slightly bitter grapefruit with the sweetness of raisins and prunes. Hearty meat and crispy lightness of greens, finished with nutritious and healthy pine nuts. This salad will decorate any table!
cook time: 40 min
Gavin Tanner
Festive Chicken Salad with Grapefruit Bowls

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

173
Calories
11g
Fat
14g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Grapefruit 1 pc
Raisin (used black, large and sweet) 60 g
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp
Lettuce (3 sheets — for decoration) 3 pc
Prunes 60 g
Chicken thighs (Boiled red fillet is juicier meat.) 160 g
Chinese cabbage (or any green lettuce leaf) 40 g
Pine nuts 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Prepare food. The meat can be boiled in advance.

Step 2

Step 2
Pour hot water over raisins and prunes and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then rinse and dry. Cut the prunes into three parts, leave the raisins whole, even if they are large.

Step 3

Step 3
Lightly fry the nuts in a dry frying pan over medium heat, so they reveal their taste and aroma more clearly.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the Chinese cabbage a little smaller than half a prune. If you take a lettuce leaf, tear it with your hands.

Step 5

Step 5
Cut the meat into not very small pieces.

Step 6

Step 6
Assembling the salad: Place meat in a salad bowl and add mayonnaise.

Step 7

Step 7
Add prunes and raisins.

Step 8

Step 8
And Chinese cabbage or lettuce. Mix carefully.

Step 9

Step 9
Preparing the “bowls”: Cut the grapefruit in half lengthwise. Run a thin, sharp knife around the perimeter, carefully cutting along the flesh.

Step 10

Step 10
Run a spoon along the knife mark and easily remove the slices from the hemispheres.

Step 11

Step 11
Clean each hemisphere from any remaining film and decorate it by cutting out the cloves. Using a knife, peel the pulp from the partitions. Cut each slice into three parts.

Step 12

Step 12
Fill the bowls with salad. Place grapefruit pulp on top and sprinkle with nuts.

Step 13

Step 13
When serving, decorate with greens. Bon appetit !

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