TikTok's Chicken Salad
This popular chicken salad from E. 81st St. Deli in Cleveland is filled with hearty vegetables, briny pickled peppers, two kinds of cheese, homemade croutons, and juicy chicken. It's the dish to prove salads aren't just for sides.
- Preparation:
- Cooking:
- Total:
- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- For the Dressing:
- ¼cup olive oil
- 2teaspoons lemon zest
- ½cup lemon juice (juice of 2 lemons)
- 2large garlic cloves, minced or grated
- 1tablespoon sumac
- 1tablespoon za'atar
- 1teaspoon fine salt
- 1teaspoon honey
- For the Salad:
- ½loaf Italian bread or baguette
- 3tablespoons olive oil, divided
- ½teaspoon fine salt
- 1pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Fine salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- 10ounces spring mix
- 1pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1large cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise
- 1bell pepper, diced
- ½red onion, sliced crosswise
- ¼cup banana peppers
- ¼cup pickled jalapenos
- 2hard-boiled eggs, sliced crosswise
- 8ounces fresh mozzarella, shredded
- 4ounces shredded cheddar cheese