Chicken & Nectarine Summer Salad
Light yet satisfying, this vibrant salad is packed with fresh textures and bright seasonal flavours. Tender Moroccan seasoned chicken adds a warm, aromatic depth that ties everything together beautifully, creating a dish that feels effortlessly fresh and perfectly balanced.
Perfect for long afternoons, relaxed entertaining, or simply making the most of summer’s final harvest. Summer never tasted this good.
Ingredients
- 400 grams Chicken Breast, sliced
- 4-5 tsp Mrs Rogers Moroccan Seasoning
- 3 Nectarines (or peaches), pitted, rinsed and sliced
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- Lettuce leaves (Gem/Romaine/Butter), rinsed, and torn in half or chunkily cut
- 3/4 cup Cucumber, diced or sliced
- 3/4 cup Red Cabbage, finely sliced
- 1 cup Blueberries, rinsed
- 1/4 cup Almonds or Cashews, diced (optional)
- 50 grams Feta, crumbled
- 1/3 cup Fresh Mint Leaves, torn
- Sprinkle of Sunflower seeds (optional)
- 2 tbsp White Wine Vinegar
- 1 tsp Honey
- ½ tsp Dijon Mustard
- ⅛ tsp Mrs Rogers Garlic Powder (or ½ Clove fresh garlic)
- ½ tsp Mrs Rogers Salt
- ¼ tsp Mrs Rogers Black Pepper
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
Directions
- Make the dressing: In a large serving bowl, combine the vinegar, honey, mustard, salt, black pepper and garlic. Gradually whisk in the olive oil. Set aside.
- Thinly slice the chicken and add to a medium bowl, sprinkle over the Moroccan Seasoning and stir to coat.
- Pour the olive oil onto a pre heated pan or BBQ and place the chicken pieces in batches until seared and cooked through, turning once, remove, cover with foil and set aside.
- Using the same pan, place in the nectarine slices for just a few minutes on each side until seared with colour and caramelised slightly, turn once and set aside.
- Roughly chop the lettuce and scatter into a bowl, add diced or sliced cucumber, finely sliced cabbage and sprinkle over the blueberries
- Add seared nectarine slices & chicken, scatter over the chopped almonds or cashews (if using), then finish off with crumbled feta and scatter mint and sunflower seeds over the top of everything.
- Lightly pour over the honey mustard dressing to your taste.