Learn to make delicious Poached Chicken Salad at home and enjoy the restaurant like taste with family.
Watch this Masala TV video to learn how to make Poached Chicken Salad and Blackout Chocolate Cake. This show of Food Diaries with Chef Zarnak Sidhwa aired on 6th August 2019.
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POACHED CHICKEN SALAD
Ingredients:
Chicken thighs 4
Carrot (chopped) 1
Celery (chopped) 1 stalk
Leek (sliced) 1
Bay leaf 1
Garlic 2-3 cloves
Ingredients for Dressing:
Yogurt 3 tbsp
Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
Wholegrain mustard 1 tbsp
Dijon mustard 1 tbsp
Lemon juice of 1 lemon
Honey 1 tsp
Tarragon Pinch of
Ingredients for Salad:
Iceberg salad as required
Apple (sliced) 1
Green beans few
Tomato wedges 1
Onions few
Method:
For the poached chicken, put chicken thighs in water with bay leaf, carrot, celery, leek and garlic cloves. Simmer until chicken is done. Strain the stock and cool the chicken. Tear into large chunks. For the dressing, whisk all the ingredients well until smooth and drizzle a little water if dressing is too thick. Lay the salad leaves with the sliced apple, blanched green beans, tomato and onions on a platter. Put the poached cooled chicken over it and drizzle the dressing. Serve immediately with bread.
BLACKOUT CHOCOLATE CAKE
Ingredients:
Flour 3 cups
Sugar 3 cups
Cocoa powder 1-½ cups
Coffee powder 1 tbsp
Baking soda 1 tbsp
Baking powder 1-½ tsp
Salt 1-½ tsp
Eggs 4
Yogurt 1-½ cups
Water 2 cups
Oil ½ cup
Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
Ingredients for Frosting:
Butter 1-½ cups
Cream cheese 8 oz
Cocoa powder 1-½ cups
Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
Salt a pinch
Icing sugar 7 cups
Cream ¼ cup
Chocolate chips 3 cups
Melted chocolate to drizzle
Method:
For the cake, mix the dry ingredients together. Add in the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Divide evenly between the three greased and lined 9” cake pans. Bake at 180 degrees C for 35 minutes or until the cakes are done. Let the cakes cool. For the frosting, beat all the ingredients, except chocolate chips, until smooth. Stack the cakes up, frosting between each layer, around the outside, and on top. Chill. Press the chocolate chips on the sides of the cake. Melt a little chocolate and drizzle on top.
