Chicken & Kumara Capsicum Salad with Roast Capsicum Pesto

Chicken & Kumara Capsicum Salad with Roast Capsicum Pesto

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
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If you prefer, you can toss the sliced chicken with the pesto in a bowl to coat the chicken instead of serving the pesto on top. If you prefer, use spray oil instead of liquid.

Ingredients

VEGGIES

  • 400g orange kumara, diced 2cm
  • 1 capsicum, diced 2cm
  • 2 carrots, diced 2cm
  • ½ bag baby spinach

DRESSING

  • 150g yoghurt
  • 60g sundried tomato dressing
  • ½ red onion, finely diced

CHICKEN

  • 550g lean chicken breast steaks

TO SERVE

  • ½ bunch coriander, chopped
  • 4 Tbsp roast capsicum pesto

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 220ºC.
  2. Prep & cook veggies. Toss kumara, capsicum and carrots on a lined oven tray with 1 tsp oil and a pinch of salt. Roast for 22 minutes, until tender.
  3. Prep dressing. In a large bowl, mix together yoghurt, sundried tomato dressing and onion.
  4. Prep & cook chicken. Pat chicken dry and season.
  5. When veggies have 15 minutes cook time remaining, heat 1 tsp oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through. Rest, covered.
  6. Chop coriander.
  7. Finish salad. Add all veggies to bowl with dressing. Toss well to combine and season.
  8. Slice chicken thinly, reserving any resting juices.
  9. Serve salad and top with chicken, resting juices, pesto and coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1798 kj
430 kcal
Protein 35.8g
Carbohydrate 27.7g
Fat 18.8g