Chicken Salad Croissants
These chicken salad croissants are crammed with juicy chicken, walnuts, celery, crispy bacon, tarragon and a lemon mustard mayonnaise.
Equipment
- sharp knife
- chopping board
- grater for zesting
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 240 g cooked chicken
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 stick celery
- 1 zest of a lemon
- 2 spring onions
- 100 g mayonnaise low fat
- 1 tablespoon tarragon
- 40 g walnuts
- ½ teaspoon flaked sea salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 4 croissants or 6 small
Instructions
- Trim the celery and slice lengthways, then chop into small pieces.
- Finely slice the onions and chop the tarragon leaves.
- Mix the mayonnaise with the mustard.
- Zest the lemon and add the zest to the mayonnaise.
- Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces and roughly chop the walnuts.
- Grill the bacon over a medium to high heat for a few minutes each side until crisp. Cut the bacon into pieces.
- Add all the ingredients except the mayonnaise to the bowl.
- Mix the ingredients and then add the mayonnaise. Mix again and add the seasoning to taste.
- Slice the croissants and pile on the filling.
- Put the lid on the savoury croissant filling and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 676kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 25gFat: 50gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 19gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 884mgPotassium: 434mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 661IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 78mgIron: 3mg
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