Garlicky Chicken with Kale Salad
plus Roasted Carrot, Apple & Creamy Lemon Fig Dressing
- Eggs
- Tree Nuts
Low-carb, high-flavor dinner idea–if it’s what you’re looking for (and we’re pretty sure it is) then we’ve got the dish for you. It starts with a salad of kale, crispy sliced apple, and tender roasted carrots; it’s tossed with a creamy, sweet, spicy lemon-fig dressing and showered with crunchy almonds. Then it’s topped with warm, garlicky sliced chicken and drizzled with more sweet ’n’ spicy dressing. That’s about all the flavor and texture you could ask for in a weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
6 ounce
Carrot
4 ounce
Kale
1 unit
Lemon
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
1 unit
Fig Jam
2 teaspoon
Dijon Mustard
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
1 unit
Apple
½ ounce
Sliced Almonds
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
Not included in your delivery
10 teaspoon
Olive Oil
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces. Remove and discard any large stems from kale; chop leaves into bite-size pieces. Quarter lemon.
• Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until tender, 20-25 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine kale, a drizzle of oil (large drizzle for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Using your hands, massage kale (similar to how you would knead dough) until leaves are tender, 1 minute. TIP: Don’t skip this step—massaging helps the kale leaves wilt slightly, lending a tender (never fibrous!) texture.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels and season all over with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side. (TIP: Lower heat if chicken browns too quickly.) Transfer to a cutting board to rest.
• While chicken cooks, in a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, jam, mustard, hot sauce, juice from half the lemon (juice from whole lemon for 4 servings), and 3 TBSP olive oil (6 TBSP for 4). (TIP: If you like things less spicy, use half the hot sauce.) Taste and season with salt and pepper. • Thinly slice half the apple (whole apple for 4).
• Slice chicken crosswise. • Add ¾ of the dressing to bowl with kale; toss to coat. Add roasted carrots, sliced apple, and half the almonds. Toss to combine; taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. • Divide salad between bowls; top with chicken. Drizzle remaining dressing over chicken and garnish with remaining almonds. Serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the dressing, praising its sweet-and-spicy blend of fig, lemon, and hot sauce that tied the dish together 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Massaging the kale was a game-changer for texture, making even kale skeptics enjoy this quick and simple salad.
- Suggestions: Consider adding feta, goat cheese, or dried cranberries for extra flavor; some preferred cooking the kale lightly.
- Leftovers: The salad held up well for lunch the next day, though a few found the kale wilted quickly.
- Portions: Some felt it was light for a full meal; adding more chicken or nuts could make it more filling.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was so delicious and better than I expected. The kale stems were almost all small and the massaging softened them. The garlic powder was delicious and not overpowering - that was a surprise. The only thing I wish I had done was add less salt along the way. The combination of carrot and kale and apple was fantastic with this dressing. Loved this.
Yummy! The salad was very good and the chicken was full of flavor. I love the roasted carrots! Hello Fresh always has the best carrots, they are beautiful and full of flavor, way better than the nasty carrots in our local stores.
Loved the toasted carrots in the salad! Chicken would have been great on its own, but it brought the salad to another level. The apples were the piece de resistance!
Excellent, I wasn't able to have garlic chicken, the package with the seasoning was empty but it was still very yummy. Didn't know that you needed to knead the kale so I learned something.
My fiancé and I adore the lemon mustard sauce, we really like the hot sauce zing the chef added to the sauce as well! The fig jam really made the salad amazing, and we appreciate you letting us know to save half the sauce to put over the chicken because that was delightful and tied the meal together!
Loved this dish. Surprisingly! My 8-year old grandson told me his favorite part was the kale salad. ha ha. Kneading the kale makes a big difference; I am learning a lot of cooking tips with these deliveries.
We were surprised at how good this was. Hello fresh is teaching us to love kale and to love salads as a complete meal.
This salad was so delicious! The kale wasn't as bitter as I'm used to which made it so much better!
I loved the flavor combination of kale, roasted carrots, apple, and chicken. The dressing was amazing. My only complaint is the kale was not very fresh and I had to pick the leaves off the thick stems. I was only able to use about half the kale in the bag, the rest was stems or it had gone bad.
The kale salad was addictive, didn't care for the apple doesn't do much for me. I think maybe some dry fruit instead will be a better option. The dressing was good and light. The chicken it was good but seasoning need some improvements like instead of garlic powder use some garlic paste, dry herbs will be nice, lemon juice and smoke paprika and instead of almond pine nuts will be a nice touch and toasted them before will add a nutty flavor. And in top some roasted or fresh Cherry tomatoes will add color and burst of flavor.
