Anyway it's hot, T.O.H and I are a little tired of eating so much dinner that things will pop; so last night I looked for something different, and on all rec pies where I found creamy banana lettuce salad.. hey ...
No wait come back....
Seriously its very very simple to make, surprisingly the bananas aren't that overpowering and it goes well with the citrus roasted chicken I made, its also pretty healthy and lovely for these balmy summer nights. I basically stuck to the original recipe (linked above) but added one or two touches, oh and this is for for 2 people.
2 chicken breasts, washed and thinly sliced.
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 tbs oil
2 tbs soy sauce.
2 1/2 tbs orange juice
1 1/2 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs chopped parsley
1 tbs oregano
salad
2-3 cups of mixed salad greens
1 large banana sliced
1/2 tsp lemon juice
3 tbs mayonnaise
1 tsp sugar
Dry salad noodles (a handful)
(the original recipe also had strawberries mixed into the salad but they're not in season/on sale here so I left them out, also peanuts sprinkled on top of the final mixture but I didn't have any at hand, if you try them let me know if they're worth using oh and I added the noodles)combine the oil. soy sauce, orange, lemon, crushed garlic, parsley and oregano, pour over the sliced chicken and mix well. leave in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 190-200 C, either oil or line with baking parchment a flat roasting pan, take the chicken out of the marinade and spread over the pan, pour over a little of the remaining marinade and reserve.
cook for around 30 minutes until the chicken is well cooked, it should give out a lot of juice helping keep it moist, if not pour a little of the reserved marinade over it. Once cooked leave the chicken in the pan and either leave in the oven or remove and cover in silver foil where it should rest and soak up some of the liquid for a few minutes.
While the chicken is resting chop the banana, put a 1/4 into a bowl cover with lemon juice and mash. Once well mashed add the mayonnaise and sugar and mix very well. I found when it was first made the mayonnaise was too strong (and tastes like salad cream) but after leaving it for 2 minutes the tastes all even out. Mix the salad, noodles, remaining bananas (and strawberries if you have them) add the chicken and some of its remaining juice (if there's any left) mix well in a salad bowl and add the dressing, top with peanuts (if you have any or walnuts which I think would be tasty). and serve.
See easy to make, quite quick, healthy to eat and the banana works nicely with the chicken and salad. So try it, while I'm off to try and look busy.
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