How To Make Loaded Greek Chicken Avocado Salad
Put together a hearty bowl of avocado salad with this easy-to-follow recipe! It’s loaded with tender chicken and fresh greens for a filling meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2large chicken breasts,skinless boneless, halved to make 4 fillets
For Dressing and Marinade:
- ¼cupolive oil
- ¼cuplemon juice,juice of 1 lemon
- 1tbspred wine vinegar
- 2tspgarlic,minced, or 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2tbspdried oregano
- 1tspsalt
- pepper,cracked
For Salad:
- 4cupsromaine lettuce leaves,or cos lettuce, washed and shredded
- 2large Lebanese cucumbers,halved lengthways and sliced
- 2vine ripened tomatoes,cut into small wedges
- ½green pepper,or capsicum, deseeded and sliced
- ½red onion,sliced thinly
- 7ozfresh Feta cheese,cubed
- ½cupKalamata olives,pitted, halved lengthways
- 1avocado
Instructions
Dressing and Marinade:
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Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper in large, shallow dish.
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Pour out ½ cup to use as the dressing, then reserve in the refrigerator for later.
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Add the chicken to the marinade in the shallow dish, then evenly coat.
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Cover and allow to marinade for 30 minutes.
Salad:
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Add the lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, green pepper, onion, feta cheese, and olives in a large bowl, then mix.
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Heat a large grill pan or cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
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Remove the chicken from the marinade, then add it to the pan along with any marinade left over in the bowl.
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Grill or sear for 5 to 6 minutes on each side until the chicken is golden on the outside and cooked through.
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Remove the chicken from the pan, then allow to rest for 5 minutes.
To Assemble:
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Slice the chicken thickly, then arrange them over the salad.
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Slice the avocados, then place them on the salad.
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Drizzle with the reserved dressing.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 602.15kcal
- Fat: 43.91g
- Saturated Fat: 13.64g
- Trans Fat: 0.11g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.61g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.14g
- Carbohydrates: 22.52g
- Fiber: 8.03g
- Sugar: 8.53g
- Protein: 33.72g
- Cholesterol: 113.75mg
- Sodium: 1244.39mg
- Calcium: 363.60mg
- Potassium: 1110.31mg
- Iron: 3.93mg
- Vitamin A: 337.61µg
- Vitamin C: 38.93mg
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