Crispy Chicken BLT Salad

4.92 from 12 votes

This oven baked Crispy Chicken BLT Salad is a meal in one! For a day when you want take out but would prefer to make it yourself, you can whip this up and be delighted it's not deep fried!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: brunch, Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American, Australian, International

Keyword: blt salad, chicken salad, crispy chicken salad

Servings:

Calories: 452kcal

Author: Adrianne

Ingredients

Crispy Chicken BLT Salad

1 free range chicken breast
⅓ cup panko breadcrumbs
⅓ cup plain flour
2 free range eggs, whisked
1 head lettuce
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
200 g streaky crispy bacon

Basil Pesto Drizzle

1 cup low fat greek yoghurt
2 tablespoon basil pesto

Instructions

Crispy Chicken BLT Salad

Preheat oven to 180 degrees (approx 360 degrees F) Line one baking tray with greaseproof paper and one with alfoil and a wire rack
Cut chicken breast in half, long ways ie landscape if you think about it like a piece of paper
Place 2 small plates and 1 small bowl on the bench. Add the flour to one, breadcrumbs to another and crack the eggs into the bowl. Use a fork to whisk the eggs
Take 1 piece of the chicken breast and coat in flour, then the egg mix, then the panko breadcrumbs. Then lay this coated chicken breast on your baking tray. Repeat for the 2nd piece
Cook the chicken breast pieces in the oven for 30 minutes, turning half way. Or until lightly toasted
Place bacon on a wire rack above 2nd lined baking tray and cook for 20 minutes
Pull off any dull lettuce leaves, turn it on its side and cut the stem base off. Cut the rest of the lettuce into thin strips
Cut the cherry tomatoes in halves
When the bacon is cool, use kitchen scissors or a knife to cut into small pieces
When the chicken is cooked, cut into thin strips
Add all ingredients to salad bowl. Dress and toss salad

Basil Pesto Drizzle

Add greek yoghurt and basil pesto to blender jug and blitz to combine

Notes

I use the Basil Pesto from the fridge section at Aldi (it is actually a dip and a good one at that!)
You can shallow or deep fry these bad boys, but I have a desk job so can't if I still want my jeans to fit after a long weekend! (Not too sad about this, would prefer the jeans to fit)
You can add croutons and parmesan....but then it becomes like a Caesar Salad and I have a different recipe for that as I also have boiled eggs in it, check that recipe here.
Use kitchen tongs to turn the chicken breast half way through cooking so both sides are nicely toasted

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