Last week we prepared a delicious last minute smoked chicken breast. However the chicken was hard to resist after it was smoked we did make it with the intent to use it in a salad. The title says “Smoked Chicken Salad with figs”. Since the figs play a key role in this salad they had to hit the grid too.
Smoked Chicken Salad with Figs and Radicchio
For a while I have been playing with the idea to post a fig sidedish recipe inspired by a recipe my mother told me about. Somehow I always lack an ingredient. Since the recipe only contains four ingredients, you could call it a shame… Then again it’s mostly the figs that are lacking because we ate them before I had the chance to put them on the BBQ. You can’t call it a bad situation I guess.
The salad features some star ingredients. You can’t go wrong with smoked ingredients in a salad I think. The chicken breast takes care of this part and adds the subtle flavor you need in here. By slowly grilling the figs you enhance their sweet taste. The ones for my salad were slightly sprinkled with balsamico vinegar in order to bring balance in the palate. All those flavors are needed to counter the bitter taste of the radicchio. To my personal taste only using radicchio makes the result a little bit to bitter. If you like it this way don’t change a thing to the recipe at the bottom. If you like it to be a little bit more subtle you can opt to use fifty fifty Radicchio and Rucola.
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This recipe was based on the recipe I found in the book: "Het sportkookboek". I tried to give it my personal twist. Maybe you want to change some things? I'd like to hear what you've changed and how it worked out.
First of all, figs in salad? Who knew! Secondly, grilled figs!? That just sounds amazing! Can’t wait to give this a try for lunch sometime!
Amazing ingredients make cooking easy 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Figs are so beautiful and lush looking. What a great way to showcase their color and flavor.
Thank you! I wish my photography skills would improve faster haha this is a killer recipe I like how it’s showcased but I wanted the colours to pop out better…
I loooove the taste of grilled fruit, and balsamic vinegar with figs is such a great pairing! You really can’t go wrong with this recipe. Salty, Sweet, Savory, Smokey…..I mean, it just hits all the marks!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You are absolutely right! I had my doubts with the bitterness of the radicchio but all comes together after all!
Have a nice day 😉
I love Figs and we never made a savory dish with them. This looks like a perfect recipe to start with – easy, simple ingredients and a perfect balance of flavors.
Thanks Molly! You’re totally right! Hope you like it 😉
A perfect salad! My kind of favorite salad, to combine sweet and savory! I always lack an ingredient too, and that’s really slow my down! So you are not alone!
Good to know haha
Never actually tried figs myself and now I want to!
Mission accomplished 🙂
Sounds like some great eatin. What kind of wood did you use to smoke your figs? Here in Idaho we have so many local options for different woods and I have done tons of experimenting with the different flavors. I have never smoked figs hence my question for y’all.
Hey Florian,
I smoked the chicken with lemonwood. The figs were cooked on Jospers Charcoal (Quebracho Rojo wood) It brings a mild smoke flavor. I would opt for mild types of smokewood like cherry or apple. But who am I 😉 Please inform me what you used and how it tasted 😉
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