Dinner ready in just 25 minutes! Top grilled chicken salad with bacon pieces for a delicious meal.
Grilled Chicken Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram leaves
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 2 red bell peppers, each quartered
- 2 small yellow summer squash or zucchini, each halved lengthwise and crosswise
- 4 cups purchased mixed salad greens
Instructions
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Step1Heat grill. Cook bacon in medium skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; drain on paper towel. Set aside.
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Step2Add vinegar, oil, brown sugar and marjoram to bacon drippings in skillet; cook and stir over medium heat to mix and dissolve sugar. Remove from heat. Reserve about 1/4 cup of vinegar mixture to use as glaze during grilling; set remaining aside for dressing.
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Step3When ready to grill, place chicken on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals. Cook 5 minutes.
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Step4Brush chicken with reserved glaze; turn chicken. Add bell peppers and squash to grill. Brush chicken and vegetables with glaze. Cook about 10 minutes or until chicken is fork-tender and juices run clear and vegetables are crisp-tender, turning chicken and vegetables, and brushing with glaze once or twice. Discard any remaining glaze.
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Step5To serve, arrange mixed greens on 4 individual plates. Cut chicken crosswise into slices; place over greens. Arrange bell peppers and squash around chicken. Sprinkle with bacon. Drizzle or serve with reserved dressing.
Nutrition
420
Calories
27g
Total Fat
30g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 42%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 12%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 30g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 60%
- 60%
- Vitamin C
- 100%
- 100%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 5 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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