Warm Chicken Salad with Roasted Potatoes and Chives
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Recipe type: Salad
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Serves: 4
 
The perfect use for leftover roast chicken!
Ingredients
  • • ½ to ¾ pounds fingerling potatoes (I especially love the Teeny Tiny Potatoes from Trader Joe’s!), scrubbed clean and cut into ½-inch-thick wedges. For the teeny potatoes, I usually just quarter them. Larger fingerling potatoes might need a few more slices.
  • • kosher salt
  • • freshly ground black pepper
  • • ⅔ cup olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon
  • • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • • 8 cups Romaine lettuce (or another favorite), cut or torn into bite-size pieces
  • • 2 cups shredded leftover roast chicken (rotisserie chicken works great, too)
  • • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F, and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Toss the quartered potatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil, a pinch of kosher salt and freshly ground pepper together on the baking sheet, until the potatoes are evenly coated in oil and spices. Spread them out on the baking sheet so they have plenty of space. Then roast them in the oven for about 15 minutes, until they’re soft in the middle and browned and crisp on the outside.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil and a few big pinches of salt and pepper (or you can skip the whisking; just put it all in a jar with the lid screwed on tight, and then give it a good shake until it’s all mixed up).
  3. Put the vinaigrette in a medium saucepan over medium heat. When the vinaigrette is hot, add the chicken and potatoes. Cook, tossing the chicken and potatoes lightly in the vinaigrette every few minutes, until the chicken is heated through and the chicken and potatoes are both crisp around the edges.
  4. In a large serving bowl, toss together the lettuce, chicken, potatoes and warm vinaigrette. Add the chives, and give the salad another quick toss. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Splash of Something at https://splashofsomething.com/2015/09/04/its-salad-for-dinner-warm-chicken-salad-with-roasted-potatoes-and-chives/