This has to be one of the nicest salads I've ever made. People are surprised by the wonderful combination of flavours.
Bagel Crisps and Cranberry Chicken Salad
It’s all about texture, colour and flavour. Juicy sweet watermelon and orange meet tender asparagus, soft smoked chicken, crunchy red onion and bagel crisps. It’s deli-style dining in your own home.
Prep time:
Serves:
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 whole smoked chicken
- 2 cups watermelon, skinned, seeded and cut in 2-3 cm cubes
- 2 bunches asparagus, trimmed and blanched
- 1 small red onion, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 large orange, peeled and cut into segments
- 3/4 cup Wattie's Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce
- 1 pack bagel crisps with rock salt
- 1 lettuce, rinsed and dried (try a cos lettuce for a change)
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Cranberry Dressing - 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 tsp finely grated orange zest
Tips
When asparagus are out of season, use blanched beans, sugarsnap peas or mangetout.
Method
1. Pull the meat from the smoked chicken, discarding the skin and bones. Shred or cut into bite sized pieces.
2. In a large bowl, combine smoked chicken pieces, watermelon, asparagus, red onionand orange segments. Tear the lettuce leaves in 2-3 pieces.
3. For the dressing stir together the Wattie’s Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce with the olive oil, white wine vinegar, ginger and orange rind.
4. Pour the Cranberry dressing over the salad and scatter over bagel crisps with rock salt and toss gently to mix. Serve the salad immediately after dressing
