Sweet roast pumpkin, smoky chicken, creamy feta and crunchy pepitas make this a salad with plenty going on. A simple honey mustard dressing brings it all together, with lemon juice to balance the sweetness of the pumpkin and dried cranberries.
This smoked chicken and roast pumpkin salad serves four and works just as well for lunch as it does for an easy dinner. While the pumpkin roasts, whisk the dressing and prepare the remaining ingredients, then bring everything together on a platter.
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Recipe Information
- Serves: 4
- Prep: 15 minutes
- Cook: 30–35 minutes
- Total: 45–50 minutes
Ingredients
For the Salad
- 500 g smoked chicken, sliced or shredded
- 500 g pumpkin, cut into wedges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 120 g baby spinach or rocket
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- 100 g feta, crumbled
- ½ cup toasted pepitas
- 2 tbsp dried cranberries
Honey Mustard Dressing
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Heat oven to 200°C. Toss pumpkin with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 30–35 minutes until caramelised and tender.
- Whisk dressing ingredients together.
- Arrange spinach, roast pumpkin, smoked chicken, red onion, feta, pepitas and cranberries on a platter.
- Drizzle with dressing just before serving.
How to Serve
Bring the platter to the table and let everyone help themselves, or divide the salad between four bowls. Dress it just before serving so the leaves and pepitas keep their texture.
Butcher's Tip
Slice the smoked chicken thinly across the grain, or shred it into bite-sized pieces, so you get some in every forkful. Let the roasted pumpkin lose its fierce oven heat before adding it to the leaves, then assemble gently to keep the tender wedges intact.
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Make It with The Lucky Pig Smoked Chicken
Start with our award-winning smoked chicken breast for the savoury centrepiece of this salad.
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