Healthy recipe: Grilled chicken, honey-orange salad

Salads - boring no more, here's a tasty chicken salad recipe.

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Written By: Akansha Jhalani | Published : June 19, 2014 10:40 AM IST

chicken saladA salad has to be anything but boring. Dig into this healthy salad that provides protein from the chicken and nuts, has the goodness of greens and a fruity kick that will leave you happy and healthy.

Ingredients

  • Grilled, shredded chicken - 1 cup
  • Orange - 1 medium sized, peeled, de-seeded and sectioned
  • Lettuce - 1/4 cup, finely chopped
  • Shallots - 1/4 cup, finely chopped
  • Bell peppers -1/4 cup, finely chopped
  • Broccoli - 1/4 cup, finely chopped
  • Almonds - 4, diced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Dressing

  • Fresh orange juice -3 tbsp
  • Lemon zest - 1 tsp
  • Honey -2 tsp
  • Vinegar -2 tsp
  • Minced garlic -2 tsp
  • Rosemary -1tsp

Method

1. For the dressing: In a bowl, add orange juice, honey, vinegar and whisk together. On this mixture, sprinkle lemon zest, rosemary and add minced garlic. Allow it to stand for 10 minutes.

2. In a large mixing bowl, add shredded grilled chicken, the sectioned oranges, greens and almonds. Sprinkle salt and ground black pepper to this mixture.

3. Now add the dressing to the chicken mixture and mix it up. Serve.

4. The salad can be consumed fresh or can be refrigerated too.

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