Grilled chicken salad and 2 salad dressing recipes
1 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
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4 | mediums | Boneless skinless chicken breast halves, (about 12- ounces) |
2 | cups | Green and/or yellow wax beans,, optional |
4 | cups | To 6 cups torn or shredded mixed greens;, (see list below) * |
4 | cups | Cut-up fresh fruit;; (see list below) ** |
¼ | cup | Chopped red onion;, optional |
Toasted coconut;, optional | ||
Cracked black pepper;, optional | ||
1 | Recipe Ginger Vinaigrette dressing OR, see recipe *** | |
1 | Recipe Creamy Honey-Lime dressing;, see recipe **** |
Directions
* Mixed greens: leaf lettuce, flowering kale, curly endive, or spinach.
**Cut-up fresh fruit: mango, carambola (star fruit), peaches, nectarines, kiwi fruit, strawberries, or grapes.
Rinse chicken; pat dry. Grill chicken on an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 12 to 15 minutes, turning once. (Or, place chicken on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 minutes from heat 9 minutes or till no longer pink, turning once). Meanwhile, if using green or yellow beans; in a saucepan cook the beans, covered, in a small amount of boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain. To serve. Slice the chicken breast crosswise into thin pieces. Line 4 plates with mixed greens.
Top with onion, coconut and black pepper. Serve with Ginger Vinaigrette dressing or Creamy Honey-Lime Dressing. Makes 4 main-dish servings.
***Ginger Vinaigrette dressing: In a blender container or food processor bowl combine 1 cup papaya or apricot nectar, ⅓ cup rice wine or white wine vinegar, 4 teaspoons grated fresh gingerroot, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, and ½ to ½ teaspoon ground red pepper. Cover and blend till mixed. With the blender or food processor running, slowly add ½ cup olive or salad oil through the hole in the top, blending till smooth. Transfer to a storage container. Cover and store in the refrigerator till ready to serve or for up to 2 weeks. Makes about 1¾ cups.
****Creamy Honey-Lime dressing: In a small mixing bowl combine ⅓ cup plain low-fat or fat-free yogurt, ⅓ cup regular or or light dairy sour cream, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 ½ teaspoons lemon peel, 2 teaspoons finely shredded lime or lemon peel, 2 teaspoons lime or lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Cover and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Makes about 1 cup.
Recipe by: BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS MAGAZINE -- SEPTEMBER 1996 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #674 by essie49@... (Ethel R Snyder) on Jul 16, 1997