CHICKEN, AVOCADO AND BACON SALAD
Ingredients
- 300ml/10fl oz natural yoghurt
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon leaves
- 2 small spring onions
- finely sliced
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cooked chicken
- skin removed and meat sliced into pieces
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 2 Little Gem
- leaves separated
- 50g/1¾oz rocket
- 2 small avocados
- sliced
- 25g/1oz pumpkin seeds
- toasted
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- To make the yoghurt and tarragon dressing
- measure all of the ingredients into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the cooked chicken to the dressing and coat in the mixture. Cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for 2 hours
- or overnight.
- Cook the bacon under the grill or in a pan until crisp and golden-brown. Set aside on a piece of kitchen paper. Once cold
- snip into little pieces.
- Arrange two or three lettuce leaves closely together to make a cup shape on a large platter. Top with some rocket leaves. Repeat
- so that you have six cups of lettuce arranged in a circle to look like a wreath.
- Spoon the chicken salad on top. Arrange the avocado on top of the chicken. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and bacon pieces. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

