How To Make Chicken Avocado Caprese Salad
This Caprese salad has pieces of seared chicken, creamy avocados, mozzarella, and tomatoes tossed in a balsamic vinegar dressing.C
Serves:
Ingredients
For Marinade/Dressing:
- ¼cupbalsamic vinegar
- 2tbspolive oil
- 2tspbrown sugar
- 1tspgarlic,minced
- 1tspdried basil
- 1tspsalt
For Salad:
- 4chicken thigh fillets,skin removed, no bone
- 5cupsRomaine lettuce leaves,or cos, washed and dried
- 1avocado,sliced
- 1cupcherry tomatoes,or grape, sliced
- ½: 5px; letter-spacing: 2px”>¼cupbasil leaves,thinly sliced
- salt and pepper,to season
Instructions
Marinade/Dressing:
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Whisk marinade ingredients together to combine.
Salad:
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Place chicken into a shallow dish; pour 4 tablespoons of the dressing/marinade onto the chicken and stir around to evenly coat chicken. Reserve the untouched marinade to use as a dressing.
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Heat about 1 teaspoon of oil in a large grill pan or skillet over medium-high heat and grill or sear chicken fillets on each side until golden, crispy and cooked through.
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Once chicken is cooked, set aside and allow to rest.
To Assemble:
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Slice chicken into strips and prepare salad with lettuce, avocado slices, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and chicken.
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Top with basil strips; drizzle with the remaining dressing; season with salt and pepper; serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 650.90kcal
- Fat: 49.62g
- Saturated Fat: 12.63g
- Trans Fat: 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 24.20g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.57g
- Carbohydrates: 13.99g
- Fiber: 5.52g
- Sugar: 6.19g
- Protein: 37.43g
- Cholesterol: 200.20mg
- Sodium: 901.07mg
- Calcium: 133.01mg
- Potassium: 944.21mg
- Iron: 2.84mg
- Vitamin A: 351.83µg
- Vitamin C: 13.86mg
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