Mexican Chicken Salad with Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing by @eunice_power_ brought to you by @irishyogurts
Recipe, Method & Chef’s Top Tip below 👇 For all of the Today Show recipes and hundreds more please visit RTE.ie/Food
Loaded with juicy roast chicken, crunchy lettuce, smoky sweet corn and a creamy avocado yogurt dressing, this colourful salad is perfect for sunny days, easy entertaining or meal prep 🌞 Swipe to see all the delicious textures!
Ingredients (Serves 6) 🥗
Salad • 1 small roast chicken, pulled apart • 1 cos lettuce, sliced • 1 red onion, thinly sliced • Juice of 1 lime • 1 x 400g tin black beans, drained and rinsed • 1 x 200g tin sweet corn, drained • 150g cherry tomatoes, halved • Handful crushed tortilla chips
Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing 🥑 • 1 ripe avocado • 170g Clonakilty Greek Style Yogurt • Juice of 1 lime • Small handful fresh coriander • 1 tbsp diced pickled jalapeños • Pinch of salt • Drizzle of sweet chilli sauce • 1–2 tbsp water, if needed
Method 👩🍳
Place the sliced onion in a bowl with the lime juice and a pinch of salt. Leave for 10 minutes. Blend the avocado, yogurt, lime juice, coriander, jalapeños and salt until smooth. Add water if needed and season with sweet chilli sauce. Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Add the sweet corn and cook for 4–5 minutes until lightly golden. Season with salt. Combine the lettuce, chicken, black beans, sweet corn, tomatoes and pickled onion in a large bowl. Spoon over the dressing, toss gently and finish with crushed tortilla chips 🌮
Chef’s Top Tip ✨ For extra flavour, char the chicken lightly in a hot pan before adding it to the salad for a smoky finish.
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This 3-ingredient chocolate mousse looks fancy but is unbelievably easy 🍫✨ Rich, airy, indulgent and perfect when you need a last-minute dessert that still feels special. Swipe for that dreamy spoonful 😍
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Light-as-air chocolate mousse with deep cocoa flavour, paired with a bright fresh strawberry coulis for the ultimate sweet finish 🍓 Perfect for date night, dinner parties or an easy weekend treat.
Method 👩🍳 1. Melt the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Leave to cool slightly. 2. In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks. Add the sugar and whisk again until stiff and glossy. 3. Gently fold the melted chocolate into the egg whites using a spatula, keeping as much air in the mixture as possible. 4. Spoon into serving glasses and chill for 1–2 hours until set. 5. For the coulis, blend the strawberries with sugar and lemon juice until smooth. 6. Spoon or drizzle the strawberry coulis over the mousse just before serving.
Irish Yoghurt Clonakilty Cranberry and Orange Cake.
Ingredients
Cake
125g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
200g caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
½ orange zest and juice
1 tsp vanilla bean extract
250g plain flour
1 heaped tsp baking powder
2 tsp mixed spice
100g Irish Yoghurt Clonakilty Greek Style Yoghurt, plus extra to serve
150g fresh cranberries
Topping
150g fresh cranberries
½ orange, juice
60g caster sugar
150g icing sugar
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 23cm springform round tin with baking parchment. 2. Cream together the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. 3. In a jug, combine the beaten eggs, orange zest, orange juice and vanilla. 4. Add this mixture to the creamed butter in 3–4 additions, fully incorporating each before adding more. 5. Fold in the flour, baking powder and mixed spice. 6. Fold in the Irish Yogurt Clonakilty Greek Style Yogurt until the batter is smooth. 7. Transfer ¼ of the batter to the tin. Scatter a handful of cranberries in a line over this layer. 8. Fold the remaining cranberries into the rest of the batter and spoon into the tin. 9. Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. 10. Leave the cake in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Topping
1. Heat the cranberries, orange juice and caster sugar in a small pan for about 5 minutes until half the berries have popped and the rest are softened. 2. Strain through a fine sieve, reserving the softened fruit. 3. Mix 2–3 tablespoons of the strained liquid with the icing sugar to make a thick icing. 4. Stir the softened fruit into the remaining strained liquid. 5. Pour and spread the icing over the cooled cake and allow it to drip slightly down the sides. 6. Top with the softened fruit.
Serving suggestion: Serve with a spoonful of Irish Yogurt Clonakilty Greek Style Yogurt.
Chefs’ tips:
If the batter begins to curdle while adding the egg mixture, add a spoonful of the flour mixture — it stabilises the batter and keeps the cake light.
Scatter a little orange zest over the icing for a bright, fragrant finish.
For a decorative flourish, add a few candied rosemary stalks on top. To make these, dip fresh rosemary sprigs lightly in sugar syrup, then toss in caster sugar and allow to dry — they look frosted and pair beautifully with the cranberry flavour.
This 3-ingredient chocolate mousse looks fancy but is unbelievably easy 🍫✨ Rich, airy, indulgent and perfect when you need a last-minute dessert that still feels special. Swipe for that dreamy spoonful 😍
For all of the Today Show recipes and hundreds more please visit RTE.ie/Food
Light-as-air chocolate mousse with deep cocoa flavour, paired with a bright fresh strawberry coulis for the ultimate sweet finish 🍓 Perfect for date night, dinner parties or an easy weekend treat.
Method 👩🍳 1. Melt the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Leave to cool slightly. 2. In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks. Add the sugar and whisk again until stiff and glossy. 3. Gently fold the melted chocolate into the egg whites using a spatula, keeping as much air in the mixture as possible. 4. Spoon into serving glasses and chill for 1–2 hours until set. 5. For the coulis, blend the strawberries with sugar and lemon juice until smooth. 6. Spoon or drizzle the strawberry coulis over the mousse just before serving.
Sharon Hearne Smith’s Sesame Seed Porridge Bread from Today with Maura and Dáithí.
Ingredients
This is an unusual bread recipe, based on porridge oats and yoghurt instead of flour and water. It is quick, easy and virtually foolproof to make.
Use any selection of seeds you prefer instead of sesame seeds, or omit them altogether for a plain bread. Alternatively, add other flavours like nuts and dried fruits or sundried tomatoes and basil or a swirl of pesto would be delicious too. This bread stays quite moist and fresh for a few days stored in an airtight container.
Makes: 1 loaf (about 12 slices)
Sunflower oil for greasing
500g tub natural yoghurt
100ml milk
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds + extra for sprinkling
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 x 500ml yoghurt tubs of porridge oats (or 400g)
butter for serving, optional
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C), 400F, Gas Mark 6. Grease a 1Lb loaf tin (approximately 3 x 5 x 7 inch) with parchment paper and grease again.
Scoop the yoghurt into a large bowl. Add the milk, oil, sesame seeds and bicarbonate of soda and mix until well blended.
Fill a clean and dry yoghurt tub with oats and tip them in. Repeat with a second tub of oats. Alternatively, weigh out 400g of oats on a scales.
Mix everything together until well blended.
Spoon into the prepared tin, spreading the top level. Scatter a small handful of sesame seeds on top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean when pierced in the middle.
Remove from the tin and return the loaf to oven, directly on the shelf, for another 5 minutes to dry out the crust.
Remove and leave to cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices and serve spread with a little butter if liked.
Sharon Hearne Smith’s Sesame Seed Porridge Bread from Today with Maura and Dáithí.
Ingredients
This is an unusual bread recipe, based on porridge oats and yoghurt instead of flour and water. It is quick, easy and virtually foolproof to make.
Use any selection of seeds you prefer instead of sesame seeds, or omit them altogether for a plain bread. Alternatively, add other flavours like nuts and dried fruits or sundried tomatoes and basil or a swirl of pesto would be delicious too. This bread stays quite moist and fresh for a few days stored in an airtight container.
Makes: 1 loaf (about 12 slices)
Sunflower oil for greasing
500g tub natural yoghurt
100ml milk
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds + extra for sprinkling
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 x 500ml yoghurt tubs of porridge oats (or 400g)
butter for serving, optional
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C), 400F, Gas Mark 6. Grease a 1Lb loaf tin (approximately 3 x 5 x 7 inch) with parchment paper and grease again.
Scoop the yoghurt into a large bowl. Add the milk, oil, sesame seeds and bicarbonate of soda and mix until well blended.
Fill a clean and dry yoghurt tub with oats and tip them in. Repeat with a second tub of oats. Alternatively, weigh out 400g of oats on a scales.
Mix everything together until well blended.
Spoon into the prepared tin, spreading the top level. Scatter a small handful of sesame seeds on top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean when pierced in the middle.
Remove from the tin and return the loaf to oven, directly on the shelf, for another 5 minutes to dry out the crust.
Remove and leave to cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices and serve spread with a little butter if liked.
1. First, prepare the spice mix. In a small bowl, combine the smoked paprika, ground coriander, 2. ground cumin, dried oregano, salt and chilli powder. Stir and set aside. 3. Preheat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add a drizzle of oil and add the chicken pieces and sprinkle with the spice mix. Cook stirring for 4-6 minutes, depending on the size of the dices. 4. Then, add the peppers, chilli, onions, and garlic. Continue to sauté for 2-3 minutes until just cooked through and the vegetables are just softened. 5. Remove from the heat, drizzle over the lime and check the seasoning for spices, salt and pepper. 6. Serve in warm tortillas with a spoonful of sour cream, and guacamole on the tortilla, some diced tomato, grated cheese and fresh coriander leaves. Enjoying while hot.
