Description
This warm chicken salad is all I love in a salad. Warm spices, juicy chicken, roasted vegetables, and the crowning glory - baked feta cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken
- 2 medium-sized chicken breasts
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Aleppo chili flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon each of onion powder, garlic powder, salt and freshly ground pepper
Sweet Potatoes
- 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and thinly sliced half-moons
- 1/2 can drained chickpeas
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Arabic 7 spice
- 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and freshly ground pepper
Roasted Vegetables
- 1/2 squash (thickly sliced)
- 1 red onion (cut in small chunks)
- 3-4 large dates (cut in chunks)
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- 1 block of feta cheese (175 grams)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Aleppo chili flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For serving
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- pinch salt
- 3-4 large handfuls of fresh spinach
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped, fresh mint
- 6 tablespoons pomegranate arils
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 410 ℉ (210 ℃) and chop all the vegetables.
- Add olive oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the prepared chicken breast and sprinkle with the spices (salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and Aleppo chili flakes). Turn it around to get spices on both sides and then let it sit undisturbed for 6-7 minutes (depending on the size of the chicken).
- Then flip over and cook the other side for another 6 minutes or until the chicken breasts are 165 ℉ (74℃).
- Meanwhile, on a large baking sheet, add thinly sliced sweet potatoes, half a can of drained chickpeas, pomegranate molasses, olive oil, salt and pepper, and Arabic 7 spice. Bake on the top rack for 20 minutes, then switch to grill mode and bake another couple of minutes or until crisp around the edges.
- Also meanwhile, in a large baking dish, add thick slices of squash, chunks of red onion and dates, pumpkin seeds, salt and pepper, Aleppo chili flakes, olive oil and honey. Reserve a little of the spices for the feta cheese. Mix together.
- Top the dish with a block of feta cheese, top with the reserves spices, a tiny drizzle of olive oil and honey. Bake the dish on a lower rack in the oven for 15-20 minutes (while the sweet potatoes are on the upper rack).
- When you take out the potatoes, move the baking dish to a upper rack and grill the feta cheese a couple of minutes. Once browned around the edges, take it out.
- For the dressing; mix together sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and salt. Taste and adjust seasonings accordingly.
- Serve the chicken, sweet potatoes and roasted vegetables and feta cheese on a bed of fresh spinach, mint and pomegranate arils. Dollop the dressing on top.
Notes
For substitutions, please read the blog post.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Main course
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 557
- Sugar: 25.4
- Sodium: 930
- Fat: 28
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 20
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 47
- Fiber: 8
- Protein: 37
- Cholesterol: 85