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Chicken Salad with Blueberries and Feta

Try this flavorful salad for a satisfying weeknight dinner
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Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken
  • 12 ounces Romain hearts, fine chopped
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 cup Pecans, toasted ad chopped
  • 1 small Red Onion, finely sliced
  • 5 ounces Feta cheese, crumbled

Vinaigrette

  • 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Dice the chicken and set aside
  • Chop the romaine lettuce, rinse and spin dry
  • Toast the pecans-in a dry skillet over medium-high heat add the pecans and keep them moving in the pan until they are slightly browned. Remove from the pan immediately and set aside to cool. Once cooled, chop them and add to the salad
  • Finely slice the red onion, place in a colander and run cold water over to mellow the flavor
  • In a large bowl add the chopped romaine, the chicken and red onion. Drizzle the vinaigrette and gently toss using tongs.
  • Divide the salad into 4 plates and sprinkle the crumbled feta, toasted pecans and fresh blueberries on top. Serve immediately with remainder vinaigrette on the side.

To make the vinaigrette

  • Whisk all the ingredients until emulsified
Keyword Healthy, Quick
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