Grilled Chicken Salad with Cherries (Cooking Light)
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Grilled Chicken Salad With Cherries
Golden-red Rainier cherries look prettiest in this salad, but any fresh sweet cherries will do.
Chicken:
2 teaspoons olive oil
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cooking spray
Vinaigrette:
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Salad:
6 cups gourmet salad greens
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pitted sweet cherries
6 whole cherries (optional)
To prepare chicken, rub 2 teaspoons oil over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Prepare grill.
Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
To prepare vinaigrette, combine water and next 8 ingredients (water through 1/8 teaspoon pepper) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
Arrange salad greens on plates, and top with sliced chicken, chopped cherries, and vinaigrette. Garnish with whole cherries, if desired.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup salad greens, 3 ounces chicken, 1/4 cup chopped cherries, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette)
CALORIES 217 (31% from fat); FAT 7.5g (sat 1.5g,mono 4g,poly 1.2g); IRON 1.7mg; CHOLESTEROL 72mg; CALCIUM 41mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8.8g; SODIUM 290mg; PROTEIN 27.8g; FIBER 1.9g
Cooking Light, JULY 2000
Golden-red Rainier cherries look prettiest in this salad, but any fresh sweet cherries will do.
Chicken:
2 teaspoons olive oil
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cooking spray
Vinaigrette:
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Salad:
6 cups gourmet salad greens
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pitted sweet cherries
6 whole cherries (optional)
To prepare chicken, rub 2 teaspoons oil over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Prepare grill.
Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
To prepare vinaigrette, combine water and next 8 ingredients (water through 1/8 teaspoon pepper) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
Arrange salad greens on plates, and top with sliced chicken, chopped cherries, and vinaigrette. Garnish with whole cherries, if desired.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup salad greens, 3 ounces chicken, 1/4 cup chopped cherries, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette)
CALORIES 217 (31% from fat); FAT 7.5g (sat 1.5g,mono 4g,poly 1.2g); IRON 1.7mg; CHOLESTEROL 72mg; CALCIUM 41mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8.8g; SODIUM 290mg; PROTEIN 27.8g; FIBER 1.9g
Cooking Light, JULY 2000

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Grilled Chicken Salad With Cherries
Golden-red Rainier cherries look prettiest in this salad, but any fresh sweet cherries will do.
Chicken:
2 teaspoons olive oil
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cooking spray
Vinaigrette:
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Salad:
6 cups gourmet salad greens
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pitted sweet cherries
6 whole cherries (optional)
To prepare chicken, rub 2 teaspoons oil over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Prepare grill.
Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
To prepare vinaigrette, combine water and next 8 ingredients (water through 1/8 teaspoon pepper) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
Arrange salad greens on plates, and top with sliced chicken, chopped cherries, and vinaigrette. Garnish with whole cherries, if desired.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup salad greens, 3 ounces chicken, 1/4 cup chopped cherries, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette)
CALORIES 217 (31% from fat); FAT 7.5g (sat 1.5g,mono 4g,poly 1.2g); IRON 1.7mg; CHOLESTEROL 72mg; CALCIUM 41mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8.8g; SODIUM 290mg; PROTEIN 27.8g; FIBER 1.9g
Cooking Light, JULY 20000 -
This sounds fabulous!!!0
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