Pickle Juice Pasta Salad with Sous Vide Chicken
Pair pasta with a pickle juice dressing for a light, refreshing salad that scales well for meal prep. Add some sous vide chicken for protein, and we’re in business.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 500 g macaroni or shape of choice
- 1 kg boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3 carrots
- 1 large shallot
- 2 cucumbers
- 200 g corn
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the dressing:
- 6 tbsp pickle juice
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 6 tbsp Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Sous vide frozen chicken breasts for 2 hours at 60C/140F.
- Wash and cut up carrots and shallots. Briefly sauté, then turn off the heat. While the pan cools down, wash and dice the cucumbers.
- Add cucumbers, corn and dressing ingredients to the pan. Stir to combine, taste and adjust for seasoning.
- Do some cleaning up while waiting for the chicken to cook. Catch up on chores or whatever else needs doing.
- Once chicken is done, remove from pot and allow to cool on cutting board.
- Bring the sous vide water to a boil, and cook pasta until well done. Drain the pasta well.
- Cube up the chicken while pasta drains. Add chicken and pasta to pan, stir to combine.
- Refrigerate overnight. Served chilled.