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Chicken and bacon salad
Serves: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Kris Kirkham
Chicken and bacon salad
Recipe by Joe Wicks
Serves: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time:
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
741Kcal
Fat
49gr
Saturates
10gr
Carbs
7gr
Sugars
5gr
Fibre
6gr
Protein
66gr
Salt
1.8gr
Joe Wicks
Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, has taken the diet world by storm with his Lean in 1 programme, and his army of followers on Instagram show just how successful it is.
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Joe Wicks
Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, has taken the diet world by storm with his Lean in 1 programme, and his army of followers on Instagram show just how successful it is.
See more of Joe Wicks ’s recipes
Ingredients
- 4 rashers of smoked back bacon
- 2 tbsp walnut oil
- ½ tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Little Gem lettuces, sliced into quarters lengthways, leaves roughly separated
- 1 avocado, roughly chopped
- 2 cooked beetroot, roughly chopped
- 350g skinless cooked chicken breast, thinly sliced
- a handful of roughly chopped walnuts
Step by step
Get ahead
Make the dressing and store it separately in a small pot. Prepare the salad ingredients, but keep the beetroot separate so that it doesn't bleed. Add the beetroot and dressing just before eating.
- Preheat your grill to high. Grill the bacon until well cooked and a little crisp. Leave to one side to cool.
- Mix together the walnut oil, mustard, lemon juice and a little salt and pepper. Keep mixing until you have a smooth dressing.
- In a big salad bowl, toss together the lettuce, avocado and beetroot. Pour in the dressing and toss again. By now your bacon should be cool, so crumble it into the salad and mix together.
- Tip the salad onto a plate, then top with the chicken and walnuts.
Chef quote
This simple, tasty recipe is ideal for a lunchbox. And it's not going to stink out the office like a tuna salad or leave you starving 20 minutes later, because it's full of healthy fats and protein to fuel your body.