Balsamic Chicken Salad

This balsamic chicken salad dinner is amazing. The chicken gets a nice glaze, sliced on a diagonal and placed on top of a delicious lemon salad with sautéed veggies! You can also change it up with any veggies you love…it’s a very flexible dish! This recipe is adapted from the Rachael Ray show. I just happened to catch an episode one day and changed it up for dinner that very night. I hope you work this one into your dinner rotations. It’s a perfect summer meal as it is low carb and very light! Feel free to add some chopped nuts or fruit, too! But what makes the chicken so yummy? A combo of brown sugar and dijon mustard are the secret weapons tagging along with the balsamic vinegar!

Balsamic Chicken Salad

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Ingredients

  

Veggies

• 1 bag arugula rinsed, dried and placed in salad bowl
• 1 red onion sliced on top of arugula
• 3 to 4 stalks celery stalks very thinly sliced on an angle
• 5 garlic cloves chopped
• small container sliced mushrooms
• 1 T. olive oil
• 1 T. butter
• Salt and pepper

Salad dressing

• ⅓ cup olive oil
• ⅓ cup lemon juice
• salt to taste

Chicken:

• 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic sliced or crushed and chopped
• ⅓ cup balsamic vinegar
• 3 tablespoons light-brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon grainy Dijon mustard
• Optional: scallions for garnish

Instructions

 

Veggies

• Heat oil and butter in skillet.
• Saute celery, garlic and mushrooms.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Remove to a plate.

Dressing

• Whisk all together and pour over arugula just before serving.

Chicken

• Add 2 T. oil to skillet.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Cook chicken in skillet until browned and cooked through.
• Remove to plate and cover to rest.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of oil and the garlic.
• Stir one minute.
• Add the vinegar, sugar, and Worcestershire for one minute.
• Stir in the Dijon.
• Slice chicken on a diagonal and add to the pan.
• Serve over the salad along with the sautéed veggies!