Chicken Salad with Roasted Beets and Dandelion Greens

Name: Chicken Salad with Roasted Beets and Dandelion Greens
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 kilograms baby to full-grown beets, without tops but with root and stem ends intact (you need 4 lbs. with tops); 1 Tbsp cumin seeds; 1 teaspoons About kosher salt, divided; 3 Tbsps lemon juice; 2 Zest of lemons; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 liters loosely packed tender dandelion green tops or arugula; 2 Tbsps chopped shallot; 710 milliliters shredded cooked chicken; 237 milliliters walnut pieces

Chicken Salad with Roasted Beets and Dandelion Greens might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 39g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 652 calories. This recipe covers 60% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up chicken, lemon zest, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the walnut pieces you could follow this main course with the Chocolate-Walnut Pie as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Scrub beets, pat dry, and put on a rimmed baking sheet. Toss with 1 tbsp. oil and 1/2 tsp. salt.

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Beet

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Baking Sheet

Bake until tender when pierced, 50 minutes. Roast nuts on another sheet, stirring often, until deep golden, 6 minutes.

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Nuts

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Oven

Let beets cool. Meanwhile, toast cumin in a small frying pan over medium heat, stirring, until a shade darker, 2 minutes. Coarsely grind in a mortar or coffee grinder.

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Coffee

Beet

Cumin

Toast

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Frying Pan

Mortar And Pestle

Pour into a large bowl and whisk with remaining 1/2 cup oil, 3/4 tsp. salt, the lemon zest and juice, shallot, and pepper.

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Lemon Zest

Shallot

Pepper

Juice

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Trim beets and rub with a paper towel to remove peels.

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Beet

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Paper Towels

Cut into wedges, putting dark ones in a medium bowl and lighter ones in another medium bowl.

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Bowl

Toss chicken with light beets and enough dressing to coat. Toss dark beets with some dressing. In large bowl, toss greens and nuts with remaining dressing, then gently combine with chicken mixture. Arrange on a platter and tuck in dark beets. Season with more salt to taste if you like.

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Whole Chicken