Jamie Magazine
By Jamie Oliver
LA-style turkey salad
50 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 4-6
About the recipe
Turkey often only gets a look in at Christmas, but it’s a good source of lean protein that’s generally available all year round. Paired with avocado, it makes for a cracking salad. I’ve called it LA-style because it melds Mexican flavours and fresh produce in a very Californian way.
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Ingredients
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon paprika
½ teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
extra virgin olive oil
2 skinless free-range turkey breasts, or about 600g free-range chicken, if you prefer
2 ripe avocados
4 tablespoons fat-free plain yoghurt
2 limes, plus extra to serve
1 fresh jalapeno or red chilli
1 large bunch of coriander
2 corn tortillas
4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon
1 cos lettuce
1 little gem lettuce
1-2 pink or red grapefruit
optional: mixed baby cress
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Place a griddle pan over a high heat.
- Mix the cayenne pepper, paprika, white pepper and oregano with a good pinch of sea salt and a little oil, and rub all over the turkey breasts. Put the turkey in the pan, turn the heat to medium and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, turning halfway.
- Meanwhile, make the salad and dressing. Halve, destone and peel one of the avocados, then blitz in a blender with the yoghurt, lime juice, chilli, most of the coriander and a good drizzle of oil until you have a creamy dressing. Season to taste, add a splash of water to loosen, if needed, then set aside.
- Slice the corn tortilla into 1cm strips, place onto a baking tray and bake in the oven for a few minutes, until golden and crisp.
- When your turkey is almost cooked, add the bacon to the pan for the last few minutes to crisp up. Once done, transfer the turkey to a board to rest, then thinly slice.
- Cut the lettuces into wedges, then crudely toss in a bowl with the turkey and avocado dressing, then scatter over a board. Crumble over the bacon, add the tortilla strips, then use a spoon to scoop out little nuggets of the remaining avocado and add these.
- Peel and segment the grapefruit, then scatter over the board with the cress (if using), and the remaining coriander leaves. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing over.
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