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Monday, February 21, 2011

Spiced Chicken and Blueberry Salad

This salad recipe can be found at http://www.mindfood.com/at-spiced-chicken-and-blueberry-salad.seo The photo is not great but the colours were very pretty on the plate. For this salad you first coat chicken breasts with za'atar spice mix and grated orange rind.
You can make the za'atar spice mix by combining 1/4 cup sumac, 2 tablespoons dried thyme, 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds (which you can grind or leave whole), 2 tablespoons dried marjoram, 2 tablespoons dried oregano and 1 teaspoon coarse salt. This is a middle eastern spice mix which could be used in many ways. I think it would be especially nice used as a rub for various meats.
The chicken breasts are pan fried then sliced for the salad. The salad is made by combining the flesh of one orange, rocket leaves, blueberries, blanched asparagus, coriander leaves and extra virgin olive oil. It is dressed with plain low fat yoghurt combined with chopped coriander.
The blueberries worked really well in this salad and I would have never thought of adding blueberries to a savoury salad. The spice mix did not give as much flavour as I had hoped and the rocket was a little over powering but overall this was a nice light summer dish.
Rating 6 out of 10.

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