Three Pea Chicken Salad

Name: Three Pea Chicken Salad
Ingredients: 4 sprigs tarragon + 2 Tablespoons minced leaves; 2 large shallots, 1 halved, 1 minced; 2 garlic cloves, 1 smashed, 1 minced; 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts; Kosher salt; Freshly ground pepper; 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt; 3 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 pound thinly sliced stringed sugar snap peas; 1 cup shelled fresh English (or frozen, thawed) peas; 1/2 cup thinly sliced stringed snow peas; 1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives; 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest plus; 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 8 lettuce leaves; 8 slices toasted whole grain bread

7 steps

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:50:29 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

4 sprigstarragon

+ 2 Tablespoons minced leaves

2shallots

large, 1 halved, 1 minced

2garlic cloves

1 smashed, 1 minced

1 poundboneless skinless chicken breasts

kosher salt

freshly ground pepper

¾ cupplain greek yogurt

3 tablespoonsextra-virgin olive oil

0.5 poundsugar snap peas

thinly sliced, stringed

1 cupfresh english peas

shelled, or frozen, thawed

½ cupsnow peas

thinly sliced, stringed

¼ cupflat-leaf parsley

finely chopped

¼ cupfresh chives

finely chopped

2 teaspoonslemon zest

finely grated, plus

1 tablespoonfresh lemon juice

8 leaveslettuce

8 sliceswhole grain bread

toasted

Instructions

Step 1

Place tarragon sprigs, halved shallot, smashed garlic, and chicken in a medium saucepan.

Step 2

Add water to cover by 1 inch and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Bring water to a boil; remove pan from heat, cover, and let stand until chicken is just cooked through, 15 to 25 minutes, depending on size of chicken breasts.

Step 4

Transfer chicken to a plate and let cool. Shred or dice chicken.

Step 5

Meanwhile, whisk yogurt, oil, minced shallot, and minced garlic in a small bowl. Season dressing with salt and pepper.

Step 6

Combine all peas in a medium bowl. Add chicken, dressing, minced tarragon, parsley, chives, lemon zest, and lemon juice; toss to coat.

Step 7

Season to taste with salt, pepper, and additional lemon juice, if desired. Serve spooned over lettuce leaves on toasted bread.