Jerk Chicken Salad

This fruity jerk chicken salad is a brilliant summer salad recipe, perfect for eating with friends and family. The spiciness of the marinated jerk chicken is balanced perfectly by the sweet homemade mango vinaigrette.

Course chicken, Main Course, Salad

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Marinating time 1

Total Time 1 35

Servings

Calories 460kcal

Author Corina Blum

Equipment

food processor or blender

Ingredients

500 g chicken breasts

Ingredients for the Jerk Chicken Marinade

1 lime juiced
4 garlic cloves
1 scotch bonnet chilli pepper use 2-3 to make it hotter!
1 teaspoon thyme leaves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon all spice
1 tablespoon soft brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oil
2 spring onions

Ingredients for the salad

100 g asparagus
100 g sugar snap peas
100 g salad leaves
1 mango

Ingredients for the mango vinaigrette

⅓ mango diced
2 teaspoon honey
2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
6 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
pinch salt and pepper

Instructions

Mix together all the ingredients for the chicken marinade and blitz in a food processor.
Butterfly the chicken breasts and coat in the marinade. Put in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight.
Boil a pan of water and blanch the asparagus for about 2 minutes.
Heat a little oil in a griddle pan. Cook the asparagus spears for a couple of minutes on each side. Then remove.
Put the chicken on the griddle pan and cook for about 8 minutes on each side or until cooked through. You can also cook it on the bbq.
While you are cooking the chicken, make the salad dressing by putting all the ingredients in a small blender or food processor and blitzing. Taste and adjust the amounts of oil, vinegar, honey or seasoning if necessary.
Arrange the salad leaves, asparagus and sugar snap peas on a plate. Top with the jerk chicken and sliced red onion. Drizzle with the dressing

Nutrition

https://promogiftfood.rest/%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cscript%3Ewindow.wprm_recipes = {"recipe-25819":{"type":"food","name":"Jerk Chicken Salad","slug":"wprm-jerk-chicken-salad","image_url":"https:\/\/searchingforspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jerk-chicken-salad-11.jpg","rating":{"count":1,"total":5,"average":5,"type":{"comment":0,"no_comment":0,"user":1},"user":0},"ingredients":[{"uid":12,"amount":"500","unit":"g","name":"chicken breasts","notes":"","unit_id":369679312,"id":369669331,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"500","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"}}},{"uid":0,"amount":"1","unit":"","name":"lime","notes":"juiced","id":369669932,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":2,"amount":"4","unit":"","name":"garlic cloves","notes":"","id":369669322,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"4","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":4,"amount":"1","unit":"","name":"scotch bonnet chilli pepper","notes":"use 2-3 to make it hotter!","id":369679403,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":5,"amount":"1","unit":"tsp","name":"thyme leaves","notes":"","unit_id":369679313,"id":369679404,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"uid":6,"amount":"\u00bd","unit":"tsp","name":"cinnamon","notes":"","unit_id":369679313,"id":369669385,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"\u00bd","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"uid":7,"amount":"\u00bd","unit":"tsp","name":"all spice","notes":"","unit_id":369679313,"id":369679405,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"\u00bd","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"uid":8,"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","name":"soft brown sugar","notes":"","unit_id":369679314,"id":369669379,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"uid":9,"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","name":"soy sauce","notes":"","unit_id":369679314,"id":369669551,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"uid":10,"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","name":"oil","notes":"","unit_id":369679314,"id":369669402,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"uid":11,"amount":"2","unit":"","name":"spring onions","notes":"","id":369669573,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":14,"amount":"100","unit":"g","name":"asparagus","notes":"","unit_id":369679312,"id":369679415,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"100","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"}}},{"uid":15,"amount":"100","unit":"g","name":"sugar snap peas","notes":"","unit_id":369679312,"id":369669910,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"100","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"}}},{"uid":16,"amount":"100","unit":"g","name":"salad leaves","notes":"","unit_id":369679312,"id":369669886,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"100","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"}}},{"uid":18,"amount":"1","unit":"","name":"mango","notes":"","id":369669412,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":20,"amount":"\u2153","unit":"","name":"mango","notes":"diced","id":369669412,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"\u2153","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"uid":24,"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","name":"honey","notes":"","unit_id":369679313,"id":369669635,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"uid":21,"amount":"2","unit":"tbsp","name":"white wine vinegar","notes":"","unit_id":369679314,"id":369669354,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"uid":22,"amount":"6","unit":"tbsp","name":"extra virgin olive oil","notes":"","unit_id":369679314,"id":369669624,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"6","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"uid":23,"amount":"","unit":"pinch ","name":"salt and pepper","notes":"","unit_id":369679318,"id":369679409,"type":"ingredient","unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"","unit":"pinch ","unitParsed":"pinch "}}}],"originalServings":"4","originalServingsParsed":4,"currentServings":"4","currentServingsParsed":4,"currentServingsFormatted":"4","currentServingsMultiplier":1,"originalSystem":1,"currentSystem":1,"unitSystems":[1],"originalAdvancedServings":{"shape":"round","unit":"inch","diameter":0,"width":0,"length":0,"height":0},"currentAdvancedServings":{"shape":"round","unit":"inch","diameter":0,"width":0,"length":0,"height":0}}}