Bush Tomato Chicken Salad

Ingredients

Chicken

• 500g Chicken Breast sliced in half
• 10g Ground Bush Tomato
• 15g Sugar
• 10g Salt

Salad

• 4 Apricots
• 1/2 a Spanish Onion
• 1/2 a Continential Cucumber
• 1 Punnet of Cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 Cup Toasted Macadamia Nuts
• 500g Mixed Lettuce
• 1/2 Lemon
• Olive Oil
• Salt-Pepper
• Edible Flowers for Garnish

Directions

Chicken:

1 – Mix salt, sugar and bush tomato together and coat chicken breast in mixture then leave to cure for 1 -2 hours in the fridge.
2 - Sear chicken breast on a grill or pan on a med – high heat on both sides for 45 seconds. (mind not to cook on a high heat or for too long as the sugar in your mix will burn.
3 – Finish in and oven for approx 5 minutes at 180c or until cooked through.
4 – Let rest for 5 minutes before slicing to serve.

Salad:

1 – Cut your tomatoes in half and slice both onions and cucumbers.
2 – Cut apricot into wedges and add with your tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, macadamia nuts and lettuce. Lightly squeeze lemon juice over and do the same with your olive oil.
3 – Add half of your sliced chicken, lightly season and toss mixture together.
4 – Arrange on a plate and place the rest of your chicken on top.
5 – To finish garnish with edible flowers (particularly marigolds and native violets