Beyond Grilled Chicken Salad

Submitted by Debber

"Clipped this one from BH&G years ago, finally got around to making it recently, and the whole family decided it was a keeper! Zesty and sweet at the same time, with interesting additions."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Dressing

• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dill weed
• 1 -2 large garlic clove, minced (or pressed)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed

• Salad

• 4 medium chicken breasts, boneless
• steak sauce
• 1⁄4 cup pine nuts
• 8 cups greens (lettuce, romaine, spinach)
• 3⁄4 cup red grapes, halved
• 1⁄3 cup feta cheese, crumbled

directions

1. DRESSING: In a small container with a lid, combine dressing ingredients; cover and shake well; set aside for about 1 hour.
2. SALAD: Sprinkle breasts with steak sauce; let rest for 15-30 minutes.
3. Toast the pine nuts in a cast-iron skillet or in the oven--to golden brown; set aside.
4. Grill or broil chicken breasts (12-15 minutes) until tender and no longer pink--turning once; cool slightly.
5. Arrange greens on four plates, top with grapes, cheese and nuts.
6. Slice each breast width-wise, arrange on each salad.
7. Shake dressing agrain and drizzle over each salad.
8. SUBSTITUTIONS: Other nuts will do fine for the pine-nuts. Try Bleu cheese instead of the Feta--it's a whole different salad then!

Reviews

[patti k.]

I love this salad. The dressing has a great flavor - and I didn't even let it sit for an hour - too hungry! I used romaine alone, but would have been better with a mix of lettuces. Thanks for posting!

 

[anme7039]

Made these for dinner tonight with some left over chicken from the night before. The dressing was pretty good, I added a lot more garlic since I adore it and more feta as well! Scaled it down to two people. I'll try agian with bleu cheese next.