Warm Chicken and Swiss Chard Salad

Name: Warm Chicken and Swiss Chard Salad
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp. raw skin-on almonds; 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (about 1¼ lb.); Kosher salt; 2 large bunches Swiss chard, preferably rainbow (about 1 lb.); 1 large shallot, thinly sliced; 1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest; 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp. white wine vinegar; ½ tsp. cumin seeds, crushed; 5 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus more for drizzling; 6 Medjool dates, pitted, coarsely chopped; ⅓ cup kalamata olives, pitted, coarsely chopped

By Christian Reynoso

March 16, 2021

Warm Chicken and Swiss Chard Salad recipe

Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by D’mytrek Brown

Recipe developer Christian Reynoso describes this elegant warm chicken salad as the “grown-up version of a deli-case chicken salad I used to serve up as a teen.” But where the chicken salad of his youth had grapes and too-sweet mayo, this one is filled with bursts of chewy dates, briny olives, toasted almonds, blanched Swiss chard, and a bright citrus vinaigrette to tie everything together. Feel free to get creative by swapping in different nuts and dried fruits for the almonds and dates. Reynoso likes this salad with a side of torn baguette or sourdough rolls for making little open-face sandwiches.

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