Recipe of the Week: Smoked Chicken Salad from St. Barts

Welcome to the Recipe of the Week: St. Barts edition! The island attracts the rich and famous, and its cuisine usually caters to that – but with a little searching, true Creole dishes can be found. This week, we’ve got a simple salad that uses easy-to-find ingredients, but together they create a flavour that is true to the island. The recipe, for Smoked Chicken Salad, is adapted from The Worldwide Gourmet. Though it calls for a smoked chicken, a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken will do in a pinch.

Smoked Chicken Salad
Adapted from The Worldwide Gourmet
Serves 2-4

Ingredients:
½ ripe avocado, crushed
1 large tomato, diced and crushed (*tip: use the flat edge of a large knife to crush the tomato)
½ green bell pepper, diced
3 green onions, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, smashed and minced
6 tablespoons oil
Juice of 2 limes (about 2 tablespoons)
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 pinch hot chilli powder
1 pinch ginger (powdered)
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 smoked chicken, skinned, deboned, and roughly chopped

Instructions:
In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients (avocado through onions), set aside. In a small bowl, whisk the next seven ingredients (garlic through salt and pepper) together, and then pour over the ingredients in the large bowl. With a large spoon, stir the mixture until combined and then fold in the chicken. Transfer to a platter and serve immediately.

Coming up next on Food Freeway: the British Virgin Islands! Have you ever been? If so, what was your favourite dish? While you’re here, head over to Wanderfood for Wanderfood Wednesday! There, you’ll find a delicious post along with a ton of links to other tasty reads. Enjoy!