Description
With lemony garlicky chicken, fresh pomegranate and blood orange, filling chickpeas and healthy spinach - this will be the only cold winter salad you need!
Ingredients
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Lemon Chicken
- 3 chicken breast (about 1 lb / 500g)
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 lemon, juice of half and zest of the whole
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
Honey Mustard Dressing
- 6 tbsp mayonnaise, or Greek yogurt*
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, or any other light vinegar
- 2 tsp grainy mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/2 tsp salt and pepper, each, or to taste
Winter Salad Ingredients
- 6 cups roughly chopped spinach, 200g
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh mint, or parsley. 5 tbsp
- 3 blood oranges, or clementines/tangerines. Sliced or diced.
- 2 shallot onion, finely sliced
- 1 large avocado, sliced or diced
- 3/4 cup pomegranate arils, about half a pomegranate
- 14 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed about 8 oz or 230g
Instructions
- Whisk marinade ingredients together in a large shallow bowl. Place the whole chicken breasts into the bowl and cover. Refrigerate for 30 minutes - 2 hours.
- Make the dressing: Whisk all the ingredients together, taste and adjust seasonings accordingly. I always add a little less mustard at first and taste as I go. Remember that the end result should be a little more tart and mustardy than you'd like, because the salad ingredients balance it out.
- Drain the chicken breast and discard the extra marinade. Cook on medium high heat for 7 minutes on one side and 7 minutes on the other, flipping just once (chicken is done when thickest part is 165F/75C). Rest the chicken for 5 minutes before slicing.
- Toss all the salad ingredients together. Cut chicken into pieces and toss with the salad ingredients and dressing. I love to serve it with some croutons too for extra crunch.
Notes
* Greek yogurt is really tangy, so I would add more honey and a little less vinegar.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Resting: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Courses
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6
- Calories: 519
- Sodium: 491
- Fat: 23.6
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 47.3
- Fiber: 13.1
- Protein: 32.5
- Cholesterol: 62