Ensalada sencilla de pollo y tocino

Ingredientes

• 500 g chicken (breast or thigh, diced)
• 400 g new potatoes
• 1 (bell) pepper (diced)
• 200 g cucumber
• 1 bag lettuce leaves ((approx 100g))
• 2 baby gem lettuces
• 1 pot cress
• 340 g tin sweetcorn (drained)
• 250 g plum tomatoes
• 8 rashers bacon (diced)
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• pinch black pepper
• 1/2 tsp sunflower oil

Preparación

1. 1

   Cut the potatoes so they are all roughly the same size. Cook them in a pan of salted boiling water until the tip of a knife goes into them easily. Drain and leave to one side

2. 2

   Dice the chicken into bite sized pieces and season with the salt and pepper. Warm a large frying pan over a medium to high heat before adding the sunflower oil

3. 3

   When the oil is hot, add the chicken and move around the pan occasionally for 5 minutes

4. 4

   Add the diced pepper to the chicken and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and brown and the peppers have softened slightly

5. 5

   Remove the chicken and pepper from the pan and add the diced bacon

6. 6

   Once the bacon has released some of it's fat, add the drained potatoes. Let them cook until both the potatoes and bacon have become crisp

7. 7

   While the ingredients are cooking, you can be preparing the salad. Wash all of the vegetables and cut them however you would like. Arrange them in a large salad bowl along with the drained sweetcorn

8. 8

   Once the hot ingredients have cooled for 5 minutes or so, add them to the salad and toss together so everything is mixed