August recipe: “Boost your immunity” month
As a result of consumers becoming more health conscious, Kylemore have introduced their new “Steps Program” throughout all their restaurants nationwide.
Recipe: Smoked chicken salad with mango and caramel cashews
Nutritional Information: 472 calories per portion
Ingredients:
For caramel nuts:
20ml olive oil
100g cashew nuts
1 tbsp caster sugar
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
For citrus and poppy seed salad dressing
45 ml olive oil
45ml fresh orange juice
158ml lemon juice
1 tsp honey
45g poppy seeds
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the salad
120g mixed salad leaves
2 sprigs of fresh dill
2 tomatoes, diced
Half a cucumber, diced
2 fresh mangoes
2 smoked chicken breast fillets, sliced
Method
Prepare the caramel nuts as follows:
1. Cover the bottom of a non-stick pan with olive oil and heat
2. Sprinkle nuts to cover base
3. Stir-fry continuously until nuts are warmed through
4. Sprinkle with castor sugar and stir-fry until the sugar has melted and begins to caramelize. Turn nuts out onto a sheet of greaseproof paper
5. Grind over black pepper. Leave to cool and break into pieces
Prepare the citrus and poppy seed salad dressing as follows:
1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl
Prepare the salad as follows:
1. Tear salad leaves and arrange each serving on individual plates
2. Peel the mangoes and cut with a sharp knife on either side of the stone and then into thin slices
3. Arrange the chicken strips, mango slices, tomato and cucumber on the salad leaves and top with the dressing
4. Sprinkle on the caramel nuts
5. Garnish with dill sprigs
