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Cajun Chicken with Ranch Salad

Cajun food originated in the southern states of America and is synonymous with spice and flavour, and our classic Cajun Spice Mix is great on all types of meat and seafood. Ranch dressing, which is popular all over America, is a tasty buttermilk and herb dressing.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Yield: Serves 4
Category: Chicken & Pork
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • 4 chicken marylands, skin on (thigh or skin on breast can also be used for smaller portions)
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 2 tbsp Herbie’s Cajun Spice Mix
  • 3 baby cos lettuce, sliced into 2cm ribbons (approx 500g salad)

dressing:

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 160C. Make three scores in the chicken skin, then brush chicken pieces with melted butter and rub in cajun seasoning.
  2. Heat a griddle pan or bbq and cook chicken skin side down for 7 minutes until browned, then 5 minutes on the other side. Turn skin side up and place griddle pan into oven, or transfer to a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes to cook through.
  3. Blitz dressing ingredients together and dress salad to serve.

Notes

  • To serve as one large salad, crumble some crispy bacon through the salad and slice chicken and place on top of lettuce.
  • Leftover dressing will keep for one week in an airtight container in the fridge.
  • For the dressing, replace individual herbs with our Salad Herbs.

Keywords: grilled chicken, salad, Cajun chicken

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Nutritional Information
Serving Size 461g
Calories 570
Sugar 4.4g
Sodium .94g
Fat 25g
Saturated Fat 8g
Carbohydrates 4.8g
Fiber 1.6g
Protein 80g