Recipe courtesy of Mary McCartney

Chef's Salad

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 30 min
  • Active: 30 min
As a child growing up in England with an American mother, I had a surprise one day after school when I went home to my best friend's house for dinner. Her mother offered me a salad, which I expected to be like one of my mum's—lots of crunchy ingredients tossed together in a huge salad bowl and served with a delicious dressing. What I got was a single wedge of tomato, a lettuce leaf, a chunk of cucumber and some salad dressing poured over. It didn't quite have the wow factor of my mum's compositions. This salad, inspired by hers, is crisp, satisfying and the colors make it look as good as it tastes.
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Ingredients

Salad:

1 pound 12 ounces (800 grams) baby potatoes, boiled in their skins, cooled and cut into bite-size pieces

7 ounces plant-based protein chicken fillets, cooked and thinly sliced

2 1/2 ounces (70 grams) watercress (about 2 handfuls)

1 cup frozen peas, thawed

6 sun-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced

3 heads Baby Gem lettuce, roughly chopped

2 handfuls pitted Nocellara or Castelvetrano olives, pitted and sliced

2 scallions, thinly sliced

1 medium carrot, grated

Dressing:

8 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

4 tablespoons red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Add the potatoes, plant-based chicken, watercress, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, scallions and carrots to a large salad bowl.
  2. Add the oil, vinegar, mayonnaise, mustard, and a small pinch of salt and pepper to a small jar with a tightly secured lid and shake well.
  3. Just before serving, drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss well until evenly coated.

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Anonymous

This salad is delicious and is a complete meal.  I didn't have the plant-based chicken filets, but the hardiness didn't suffer from  the omission.  I'm so glad I ran across the recipe.  Thanks so much.

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