Hot chicken salad with bacon and tarragon

Warm salads are counter-intuitive. I found this on a recipe card in Sainsbury’s and cooked it for many friends since. Simple to put together.

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts, skins removed

4 rashers of middle bacon OR lardons

1 teaspoon olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon

1 teaspoon tarragon

Ground pepper

1 lettuce

For the dressing:

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon wine vinegar

Salt, pepper

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan.  Chop the chicken and the bacon into bite-sized strips and add it to the oil. Fry until crisp.  Add the lemon juice, tarragon and pepper and allow the liquid to reduce.  Put the lettuce in a bowl and dress.  Add the chicken and bacon mixture, toss and serve.  Serves 4.