Oops! Italian Chicken Salad

Submitted by queenofeats

"This was an invention I created after realizing that I had a prepackaged salad bag due to expire in a couple of days. The rest came together after rummaging in my pantry and fridge for a while trying to think of what else to add to the lettuce. Despite the lack of planning, the flavor was a success and something that I plan to use deliberately in the future! Feel free to use fresh lettuce if you don't like the bagged idea, it usually tastes better even if you do lose a little bit of convienience. This is a very simple salad, so you may opt to add other ingredients if you are interested. Chopped tomatoes and onions would be great!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 salad
• Serves: 2-3

ingredients

• Salad

• 1 (8 ounce) package butter lettuce
• 1 (6 ounce) package pre- cooked chicken breasts, diced
• 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1⁄2 cup kalamata olive, roughly chopped

• Dressing

• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder

directions

1. Start with the dressing. Combine all dressing ingredients in a small mixing bowl and beat with a wire whisk until the oil and vinegar blend together. This should take only a couple of minutes. You may need to redo this depending on how long the dressing will sit before serving.
2. In a large bowl, mix the salad ingredients together.
3. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat. You can chill the dressing beforehand if you like, but I find it's just as tasty at room temperature!
4. Serve and enjoy!

Reviews

[gailanng]

Indescribably good and have no words except a couple of Italian hand gestures thrown in for theatrics. Made for PAC Spring 2011.

 

[sugarpea]

Simple is often better and this recipe proves the point. Terrific salad, queenofeats. Made it exactly as written and it disappeared.

 

[CulinaryExplorer]

We really enjoyed this salad! For the chicken I just grilled some skinless breasts up on our foreman grill with salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and garlic powder. I really liked the dressing for this! I think some feta would be really great in this salad too! Oh and I used an italian blend packaged salad. Served along with Recipe #131905 for a fantastic meal.