Warm chicken and mushroom salad

Name: Warm chicken and mushroom salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 240 g (7½ oz) mixed salad leaves; sprigs of fresh chervil, to garnish; 2 skinless chicken breast fillets; 40 g (1¼ oz) unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 1 French shallot, finely chopped; 200 g (6½ oz) mixed wild mushrooms, trimmed; oil, for cooking; 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar; 100 ml (3¼ fl oz) olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Chicken

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1997

About

The warmth of the chicken and mushroom brings out the tangy flavour of the Dijon dressing.

Ingredients

2 skinless chicken breast fillets
oil, for cooking
40 g (1¼ oz)

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Season the chicken breasts, then heat a little oil in a pan and fry for 4 minutes on each side, or until tender. Remove from the pan, cover with foil and set aside.
Heat a little more oil in the pan, add the butter and fry the mushrooms for 3–5 minutes, or until tender and lightly coloured. Add the shallot and cook for 1 minute. Season to taste and remove with