Chicken Waldorf toasty

Serves 5 people

Ingredients

• 350g chicken (breast or thigh)
• 30 ml vegetable oil
• ¼ tsp dried tarragon
• 75g walnuts (toasted and chopped)
• 80g celery (finely diced)
• ¼ cup spring onion (finely sliced)
• 100g apple (finely diced)
• 200g apple (peeled, rough chop)
• 100 ml water
• 150g cottage cheese
• 70g light mayonnaise
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 120g spinach
• Bread of your choice (thick slices)

Method

1. Pre heat the oven to 180°C.
2. Coat the chicken pieces in the oil and tarragon. Roast in the oven for 20–30 minutes or until browned and cooked through.
3. Put the peeled and chopped apples in a pot with the water and cook until soft. Blend to a smooth paste. If you don’t have a blender, you can use a fork.
4. Put the walnuts, celery, spring onion, diced apple, apple puree, mayonnaise, cottage cheese and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
5. Once the chicken has cooled, finely dice and mix through the cottage cheese mixture.
6. Gather your bread slices. Put the spinach on the bottom, distribute the chicken mix evenly between each slice, and then put another piece of bread on the top.
7. Toast for 2–3 minutes or until hot. Serve.

Tips

• You can use leftover cooked chicken for this recipe!

This recipe is provided by the Healthy Eating Advisory Service (HEAS) and was originally published on the HEAS website.