Negresco chicken salad with prunes and walnuts

Name: Negresco chicken salad with prunes and walnuts
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 400 g Chicken breasts; 4 Eggs; 2 Cucumbers; 200 g Prunes (dried plums); 100 g Hard cheese; 100 g Chopped walnuts; 6 tbsp Plain Greek yogurt; to taste Salt and pepper

Negresco salad with pan-seared chicken, eggs, cucumbers, cheese, prunes, and walnuts, tossed with Greek yogurt. Serves 6.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Negresco chicken salad with prunes and walnuts combines pan-seared chicken cubes, eggs, and cheese with sweet prunes and walnuts. Soak the prunes in warm water or black tea for 10 minutes before slicing, and finely grate the cucumbers and cheese. Instead of mayonnaise, dress the salad with Greek yogurt. Let it chill in the refrigerator for a while so the flavors can meld, then enjoy it as a filling lunch or dinner.

Instructions

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Cut the chicken breasts into small cubes and pan-sear them with just salt. Boil the eggs, peel them, and chop finely. Finely grate the cucumbers and cheese.
Soak the prunes in warm water or black tea for 10 minutes, then cut them into thin strips. Crush the walnuts into smaller pieces in a bowl.
Mix all the ingredients together, add the Greek yogurt, toss again, and serve.
Tip: Before serving, let the salad rest in the refrigerator for a few minutes to a few hours to allow the flavors to meld.

Tip: Briefly toast the walnuts in a dry skillet to make them more fragrant and crunchy. Stir constantly and immediately transfer them to a bowl, as they can burn easily in the hot skillet.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 408 kcal
Protein: 29 g
Carbohydrates: 28 g
of which sugars: 16 g
Fat: 22 g
of which saturates: 6.0 g
Fiber: 4.0 g
Salt: 0.9 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Šalát Negresco s kuracím mäsom, sušenými slivkami a orechmi