Curried Chicken Salad Rolls
Poach a couple of breasts on Sunday and lunch is sorted till Wednesday.
Serves 4 35 min 36g protein
ChickenSaladBudget
Plan it this weekIngredients
- Chicken breast fillets500 g
- Bread rolls8 ea
- Greek yoghurt120 g
- Mayonnaise80 g
- Celery100 g
- Carrots100 g
- Lettuce100 g
- Curry powder4 g
Method
- Poach the chicken in barely simmering water for 12 minutes, then leave it in the water off the heat for 10 minutes.
- Lift out the chicken, cool it, and shred it with two forks.
- Toast the curry powder in a dry pan for 30 seconds to take the raw edge off it.
- Mix the yoghurt, mayonnaise and toasted curry powder and season well.
- Fold the chicken, finely diced celery and grated carrot through the dressing.
- Split the rolls, line them with lettuce, and pile the filling in.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Curried Tuna Salad Rolls
- 380 g Tinned tuna instead of Chicken breast fillets
No poaching: drain and flake the tuna and fold it through the dressing.
Vegetarian
Curried Chickpea Salad Rolls
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of Chicken breast fillets
No poaching: drain the chickpeas, roughly crush half with a fork, and fold them through the dressing.
Vegan
Curried Chickpea Salad Rolls
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of Chicken breast fillets
- 120 g Coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt
- 80 g Vegan mayonnaise instead of Mayonnaise
No poaching: drain the chickpeas, roughly crush half with a fork, and fold them through the dressing.
Dairy-free
- 120 g Coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
MorrisonsBest choiceno items missing · £7.21 of food
£15.80
54% spare
Sainsbury'sno items missing · £7.91 of food · £0.70 more
£14.50
45% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Aldi UK· £7.04 of food
£8.42
16% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- Bread rolls
Asda· £7.38 of food
£12.16
39% spare
No price at Asda for:
- Curry powder
Tesco· £5.79 of food
£20.17
71% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- Bread rolls
- Celery
£1.80a serve
£1.80 a serve, cheapest at Morrisons
About £7.21 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£12.41 across 5 shops · all 8 items priced · £3.39 more for bigger packs, 47% spare for later
MorrisonsBest choice£7.21
no items missing
you'll pay £15.80 · 54% of it spare
Sainsbury's£7.91
no items missing · £0.70 more
you'll pay £14.50 · 45% of it spare
Aldi UK£7.04
missing 1 item
you'll pay £8.42 · 16% of it spare
Asda£7.38
missing 1 item
you'll pay £12.16 · 39% of it spare
Tesco£5.79
missing 2 items
you'll pay £20.17 · 71% of it spare
Buy at Morrisons£2.67
Celery
£0.90
need 100 gMorrisons British Celery Sticks 250 gclosest match
Morrisons£0.90·Aldi UK£0.49·Sainsbury's£3.60/kg£0.90·Asda£3.60/kg£1.26·TescoN/A·
OcadoN/A
Lettuce
£0.77
need 100 gMorrisons 2 perpackclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Morrisons£0.77·Aldi UK£0.77·Tesco£0.38/ea£0.77·Sainsbury's£0.39/ea£0.77·Asda£0.89/ea£0.89·OcadoN/A
Curry powder
£1.00
need 4 gRajah Hot Madras Curry Powder 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Sainsbury's£9.82/kg£0.54·Aldi UK£0.89·Tesco£7.49/ea£7.49·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£4.94
Chicken breast fillets
£6.65/kg
need 500 gAshfields Chicken Breast Mini Fillets 600 g£3.99
Aldi UK£6.65/kg£3.99·Asda£8.29/kg£1.99·Sainsbury's£8.59/kg£5.50·Tesco£6.90/kg£6.90·Morrisons£6.99·OcadoN/A
Greek yoghurt
£1.90/kg
need 120 gBrooklea Greek Style Yogurt 100g 500 g£0.95closest match
Aldi UK£1.90/kg£0.95·Sainsbury's£4.00/kg£0.80·Tesco£1.90/kg£0.95·Asda£2.30/kg£1.15·Morrisons£1.45·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£0.11
Carrots
£0.69/kg
need 100 gTesco Carrots Loose kg 159.42 g£0.11
Tesco£0.69/kg£0.11·Aldi UK£0.44·Sainsbury's£0.88/kg£0.44·Asda£0.88/kg£0.44·Morrisons£0.44·OcadoN/A
Buy at Asda£1.44
Bread rolls
£3.60/kg
need 8 itemsWarburtons Soft Round White Bread Milk Roll 400g£1.44closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Asda£3.60/kg£1.44·Morrisons£1.45·Sainsbury's£0.19/ea£1.15·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£3.25
Mayonnaise
£4.20/kg
need 80 gHeinz Seriously Good Mayonnaise 775 g£3.25closest match
Sainsbury's£4.20/kg£3.25·Aldi UK£0.89·Morrisons£2.80·Asda£4.26/kg£3.00·Tesco£5.10/kg£3.95·OcadoN/A