Lunch

Rocket, chicken and date salad

Chicken salad with a citrus zing! This healthy lean salad is easy to prepare for lunching guests or take to work for lunch. And it's suitable for diabetics.
Rocket, chicken and date salad
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Ingredients

Dressing

Method

1.Place chicken and the water in a small saucepan over high heat; bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cool for 20 minutes.
2.Meanwhile, using a zester, zest rind from half the orange in long thin strips. Peel orange, cut orange into segments, reserving 1½ tablespoons of juice.
3.To make dressing, combine juices, rind, thyme and oil in a small jug. Season with pepper.
4.Remove seeds from pomegranate; reserve.
5.Remove chicken from poaching liquid; shred chicken coarsely.
6.Remove chicken from poaching liquid; shred chicken coarsely.

If you don’t have a zester, use a peeler to cut strips of orange rind, then cut the rind into thin strips. The chicken can be cooked a day ahead; cover, refrigerate.

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