Main courses
Pesto chicken salad with mozzarella
Warm pesto chicken complements rocket, mozzarella and avocado in this substantial salad.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 400 g chicken breast fillets
- 150 g mozzarella
- 100 g rocket
- 150 g cherry tomatoes
- 1 avocado
- 2 tbsp green pesto
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt and black pepper
Method
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Pan-fry in the oil until cooked through and let it rest briefly.
- Mix the pesto and lemon juice to make the dressing. Thin with a splash of water if needed.
- Arrange the rocket, halved tomatoes, sliced avocado and mozzarella on a serving platter.
- Slice the chicken, add it to the salad and drizzle over the dressing.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 1.88 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 4.36 g
- Protein
- 32 g
- Fat
- 24.19 g
- GL estimate
- about 0.3 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- cherry tomatoes · Comparison value
Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.
Small portions omitted: 0.8 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- cherry tomatoes ·
tomato-cherry-raw-analogue-gi-22 · afcd-F009190-release-3
Carbohydrate data sources
- BROILERI, RINTAFILEE, NAHATON, SUIKALE, LEIKE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- JUUSTO, MOZZARELLA, RASVAA 20 %, TUOREJUUSTO · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- RUKOLA, RUCOLA, SINAPPIKAALI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Tomato, cherry, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- AVOKADO, KUORITTU, KIVETÖN · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- PESTOKASTIKE, YRTTIKASTIKE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- OLIIVIÖLJY · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- TÄYSMEHU, SITRUUNATÄYSMEHU, LAIMENTAMATON · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Low-confidence raw-tomato cultivar analogue; used only for uncooked cherry tomatoes and not for sauces or cooked tomatoes. (Low)ANALOG
Notes
Serve straight away to keep the salad fresh.