Smoked Chicken & Mango Salad
Inroduction
About this Recipe
By: Sheridan Rogers
Here’s a terrific summer salad, easy to assemble and perfect for lunch or supper. The combination of flavours and textures is delicious.
You can prepare it well ahead, and keep it covered in the refrigerator. Add the sliced mangoes – my favourites are the Kensington Prides – just before serving and toss well to combine. Also good as an entree or summer lunch dish.
Ingredients
Serves 6
- smoked chicken approx 1Kg (2lbs)
- baby carrots peeled
- celery stalks strings removed
- chives
- olive oil
- red or white wine vinegar
- white pepper
- firm ripe mangoes 2, preferably Kensington Pride variety
Remove all the chicken flesh from the bones, separating the dark meat (thighs and legs) from the white breast meat.
Cut the dark meat into julienne strips using a sharp knife. Cut the white meat into thicker strips. Remove any excess skin (leave some on) and fat. Place chicken meat in a bowl.
Wash and dry the carrots, celery and chives. Cut the carrots and celery into julienne strips of equal length. Snip the chives to same length as the carrots and celery.
There should be about 6 – 7 tablespoons of vegetables for the chicken: they are used to contrast with the chicken in texture and colour. Moisten with a little olive oil and a few drops of vinegar. Season with white pepper.
Remove cheeks from the mangoes and cut the flesh into thin slices. Toss through the salad.
Best served at room temperature.
hi there looks yummy and I am about to make it – thanks for posting it.
can I pls suggest – it’s quite a common issue re recipes – that the number of serves (2 or 4 normally) this recipe makes is indicated.
many thx Baz
Apologies Baz. My former wordpress website automatically inserted an icon for how many serves per recipe, how many Kj etc.
Recently I updated to a new Divi wordpress where it doesn’t occur automatically. Will look into it.
Sheridan