BLT Chicken Salad

Name: BLT Chicken Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 3 chicken breasts (approx 500g/17.5 oz altogether); 1 tbsp olive oil; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 8 strips streaky bacon; 12 cherry (grape) tomatoes (sliced in half); 4 large eggs; 1 head iceberg lettuce (shredded); 20 g 1 packed cup pea shoots; ½ small red onion (thinly sliced); 2 tbsp shredded Parmesan cheese; 60 ml ¼ cup olive oil; 2 tsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp honey; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; Pinch of salt; Pinch of freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:30min

My trick for the ultimate flavour with this BLT chicken salad is to cook the bacon on a rack in the oven, with the chicken breasts on a tray underneath, so the bacon fat drips onto the chicken.

Updated at: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:30:26 GMT