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| Grilled Chicken Salad And 2 Salad Dressing Recipes Recipe |
Category: Chicken / Poultry
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 1
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Ingredients
4 medium boneless skinless chicken breast ha; lves, (about 12- ounces)
2 cup green and/or yellow wax beans,, opt; ional
4 cup to 6 cups torn or shredded mixed gr; een, , (see list below) *
4 cup cut-up fresh fruit; ; (see list below) **
1/4 cup chopped red onion; , optional
1 toasted coconut; , optional
1 cracked black pepper; , optional
1 recipe ginger vinaigrette dressing; or, see recipe ***
1 recipe creamy honey-lime dressing; , see recipe ****
Cooking 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, 1/3 cup rice wine or white wine vinegar, 4 teaspoons grated fresh gingerroot, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, and 1/2 to 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper. Cover and blend till mixed. With the blender or food processor running, slowly add 1/2 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 1 3/4 cups.
****Creamy Honey-Lime dressing: In a small mixing bowl combine 1/3 cup plain low-fat or fat-free yogurt, 1/3 cup regular or or light dairy sour cream, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel, 2 teaspoons finely shredded lime or lemon peel, 2 teaspoons lime or lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 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@juno.com (Ethel R Snyder) on Jul 16, 1997
poultry,salads,chicken
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