Avocado and chicken is a tasteful and healthy combination. In this salad I added corn and grilled Halloumi cheese to up the salad game and the result is delicious. A salad where creamy meets crunchy and squeaky meets juicy.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Servings: 2people
Author: Marinka
Ingredients
8ounceschicken breast
salt & pepper
Spices: garlic powder, curry, cumin, coriander, paprika, chili powder
2avocados
2corns on the cob
8ouncesHalloumi cheese
Dressing
2tablespoonsolive oil
1tablespoonwhite wine vinegar
1teaspoonDijon mustard
1teaspoonhoney
salt & pepper
Instructions
Flatten the chicken breast until it is the same thickness all over (NOTE 1). Sprinkle the chicken breast with salt and pepper.
Mix the spices and rub the chicken breast with it. Place the chicken breast on the grill, or in a skillet if you prefer and cook until ready - internal temperature of 165 degrees F. (NOTE 2)
Slice the Halloumi cheese and place the slices on a grill, in a grill pan or in a skillet.
Boil water and salt in a pan that can hold 2 corns. Clean the corn and add to the water. Cook for about 10 minutes.
Cut the avocados in half, discard the pits and cut the avocado meat in pieces.
Allow the chicken, halloumi and corn to cool.
Cut the chicken and halloumi in pieces, about the same size as the avocado.
Slice the kernels off the corn.
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing.
Transfer all ingredients into a bowl and mix. Mix carefully as the avocado easily transfers to the other ingredients, making the salad look 'dirty'.
Notes
When you have a chicken breast that has the same thickness allover, it is much easier to cook it and make sure it is all done at the same time without risking that one part of the meat is over- or under-done.
Reaching the right internal temperature of the chicken can be reached in various ways. Cook on the stove, on the grill, in a grill pan, in the oven, or a combination. My preferred way is to cook on the stove (and in summer time to cook on the grill) in order to get color on the chicken breast. Then I finish the cooking in the oven.