The chicken is seasoned with salt and pepper, sautéed in strips until cooked through and golden, then set aside to cool completely before it touches the salad. Warm chicken on cold lettuce wilts everything immediately, which is the detail worth not rushing past. Once cool, the strips go in with the baby bibb lettuce and peach slices, everything dressed and tossed together so the curry dressing coats the lettuce, the fruit, and the chicken evenly.

Toasted pine nuts go on at the very end, scattered over each bowl so they stay crunchy rather than softening in the dressing. Baby bibb lettuce is the right choice here, delicate enough to carry a creamy dressing without becoming heavy, and strong enough to work alongside the peach without getting lost next to it.

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Key ingredients in This Recipe

Key ingredients to make Chicken & Peach Salad

You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.

Bibb lettuce – I found this beautiful baby butter lettuce with red and green coloring as an extra touch for this salad. Any other salad will do in principle; I wanted to keep the textures delicate and thus used bibb lettuce.
Chicken breast
Peaches
Mayonnaise – I used full fat mayo for flavor
Yogurt – here you can use any fat level you want. I would suggest not to use low fat mayo and low fat yogurt. You want some fat to aid in flavor of the dressing.
Lemon juice
Curry powder
Ginger powder
Cardamom
Pine nuts

How to Make Chicken & Peach Salad for Two

Step 1 – Season strips of chicken breast with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a skillet and sauté the chicken strips until done.

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Step 2 – Toast the pine nuts in a 350°F oven until they are golden brown. Read this post on how to toast nuts and seeds.

Step 3 – In a large bowl, make the dressing by combining mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, curry powder, ginger powder, cardamon, salt & pepper.

If the flavor is too tangy for you, add a little bit of sugar.

Step 4 – Add butter lettuce and peach slices into the bowl with the dressing and give it a quick mix.

Step 5 – Add the sautéed chicken and mix again, so the dressing is well distributed over the entire salad.

Step 6 – Divide the salad over two bowls or plates and sprinkle with the pine nuts.

Close-up of Chicken & Peach Salad for Two

Alternative & Substitutes

Your choice of lettuce is endless, but consider the textural combinations and flavors. Ripe peaches are very juice and in combination with the butter lettuce from a delicate match. Crispy lettuce will almost certainly mask some of the juiciness of the peach.
Peaches can be replaced by apricots, but apricots are less juicy. Better substitutes are nectarines or plums.
Toasted pine nuts are rather neutral in flavor. If you want to add nuts with a little more presence, think about almonds, walnuts or pecan.
Instead of chicken, you could use turkey or go the fish angle and try salmon.

Other Salads for Dinner to Try

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