Turkish Chicken Salad with Home-made Cacik Yogurt Sauce

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Turkish Chicken Salad with Home-made Cacik Yogurt Sauce a try. This recipe serves 4 and costs $4.48 per serving. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 643 calories, 67g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. 9 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up lebanese cucumber, roast chicken, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 95%. This score is outstanding. Similar recipes include Spicy Lamb Kabobs With Turkish Cacik, Jerk Rubbed Chicken Thighs with Home-Made Mango-Habanero Hot Sauce, and Yogurt and Cucumber Dip Cacik.

  • Serves: 4
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: lunch, main course, main dish, dinner
  • Health Rating: 82.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Step 1: First prepare the Cacik: For the Cacik: Chop the cucumber into tiny pieces, as small as you can, and place in a bowl. Cover the cucumber with salt and set aside for 30 minutes. The cucumbers will start to exude their juices which will flavour the yogurt nicely.

Ingredients:

  • cucumber
  • yogurt
  • salt

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 2: Put a griddle pan on medium high heat, cover the peppers with olive oil and start to char.

Ingredients:

  • olive oil
  • peppers

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 3: Cut the tomato and cucumber into medium pieces. Slice the red onion as thin as you can. Chop the parsley fine.

Ingredients:

  • red onion
  • cucumber
  • parsley
  • tomato

Step 4: Place all ingredients in a bowl and cover with a the juice of 1 lemon. Season with salt and pepper.

Ingredients:

  • salt and pepper
  • juice
  • lemon

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 5: Let it sit in the fridge for 30 minutes 1 hour, stirring a couple times, so it starts to exude juice.

Ingredients:

  • juice

Step 6: Tear the lettuce into mouth-siazed peices.

Ingredients:

  • lettuce

Step 7: Cut the red cabbage into thin slices. Grate the carrot.

Ingredients:

  • red cabbage
  • carrot

Step 8: Mix together in a bowl.

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 9: Tear the chicken into large pieces and add to the salad.

Ingredients:

  • chicken

Step 10: Remove the tomato salsa from the fridge.

Ingredients:

  • tomato
  • salsa

Step 11: Drain the juice and keep for later. Now add the tomato, cucumber, parsley onion mix to the chicken salad, as well as the sliced gherkin.

Ingredients:

  • cucumber
  • chicken
  • parsley
  • tomato
  • juice
  • onion

Step 12: Lay out the salad on a large plate or chopping board.

Equipment:

  • cutting board

Step 13: Serve with the charred peppers, cacik, salsa vinaigrette and some chilli sauce.

Ingredients:

  • vinaigrette
  • peppers
  • chili pepper
  • salsa
  • sauce


Dietary Information

  • Gluten-Free
  • Very Healthy

Nutrition Facts

NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
Calories642.89 kcal32.14%
Fat29.78 g45.82%
Saturated Fat7.36 g46.0%
Carbohydrates27.1 g9.03%
Net Carbohydrates20.07 g7.3%
Sugar16.12 g17.91%
Cholesterol188.41 mg62.8%
Sodium1271.03 mg55.26%
Alcohol0.0 g100.0%
Alcohol %0.0 %100.0%
Protein67.08 g134.15%
Vitamin K146.27 µg139.3%
Vitamin A5178.5 IU103.57%
Vitamin B320.19 mg100.96%
Selenium61.58 µg87.97%
Vitamin C70.61 mg85.58%
Vitamin B61.42 mg71.05%
Phosphorus652.39 mg65.24%
Potassium1555.19 mg44.43%
Vitamin B20.62 mg36.26%
Vitamin B53.42 mg34.24%
Manganese0.68 mg33.98%
Zinc4.95 mg32.99%
Folate122.41 µg30.6%
Iron5.22 mg28.98%
Magnesium115.66 mg28.91%
Fiber7.02 g28.08%
Vitamin B10.38 mg25.2%
Calcium209.85 mg20.98%
Copper0.4 mg20.23%
Vitamin E2.83 mg18.85%
Vitamin B120.94 µg15.59%