Hearty grilled chicken salad – perfect for dinner that’s ready in less than an hour.
Grilled Cranberry-Almond Chicken Salad
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 40 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing*
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons poppy seed
Salad
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 3/4 lb)
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups bite-size pieces iceberg lettuce
- 3 cups bite-size pieces romaine lettuce
- 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 6 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
Instructions
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Step1Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. In small bowl, mix all dressing ingredients with wire whisk. Reserve 3/4 cup dressing for the salad.
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Step2Spray chicken with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt. Cover and grill chicken over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes, turning once and brushing occasionally with remaining dressing, until juice is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°). Discard any remaining dressing used for brushing. Cut chicken into 1/2-inch slices.
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Step3Divide lettuces among 6 individual serving plates. Top with chicken. Drizzle reserved 3/4 cup dressing over salads. Sprinkle with cheese, cranberries and almonds.
Nutrition
530
Calories
34g
Total Fat
32g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 530
- Calories from Fat
- 300
- Total Fat
- 34g
- 52%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 34%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- 33%
- Sodium
- 580mg
- 24%
- Potassium
- 450mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 32g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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