Salad with Berries, Grilled Lemon Chicken, Feta and Homemade Poppy Seed Dressing

nowadays was like Christmas for me! I opened my patio door and walked out to a temperature that become most virtually flawlessly suited for grilling. sure, grilling season has arrived and that i couldn’t be extra equipped for it! i like the taste of grilled chicken. i love the taste of essentially grilled some thing for that remember. Its a taste that can’t be imitated from baking or pan searing. I did debate with this recipe whether or not to do a baked crispy panko crusted lemon hen or a grilled lemon chicken. I’m satisfied I went with a grilled model. it's miles perfect with this salad and grilling the chook is a savory and simple taste enhancer.

I also determined to toss in one of my latest favorites in cheese, Feta. It pairs amazingly nicely with the tartness of the blackberries and sweetness of the strawberries, and it complements the mild tang of the lemon fowl. I also notion a salad this scrumptious wouldn’t do with a store offered dressing so I created a easy homemade model. it is unbelievably easy and if you want to shave off the step of grating the onion you can without a doubt update it with a 1/four – half tsp of onion powder. revel in!

INGREDIENTS

• Grilled Lemon Chicken
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic , finely minced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (11 oz) pkg Spring Mix Salad Blend (I used Dole)
• 1 lb strawberries , sliced
• 11 oz black berries
• 8 oz Feta cheese , crumbled
• 2 oz Parmesan cheese , finely shredded
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• finely grated lemon zest , for topping (optional)
• poppy seed dressing , recipe follows

INTRUCTIONS

1. To assemble salads:
2. Layer salad mixture onto serving plates. Divide strawberries, blackberries, almonds, Feta and Parmesan cheese over salad. pinnacle with grilled lemon bird, sprinkle with lemon zest if favored. Drizzle pinnacle with poppy seed dressing. Serve right away.
3. For the grilled lemon chook:
4. place chook in a large resealable bag and pound thicker portions of bird to an excellent thickness the usage of the flat facet of a meat mallet. In a blending bowl whisk together lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour combination over bird in resealable bag, seal bag while pressing out as a whole lot excess air as possible. circulate fowl round as needed to calmly distribute marinade and allow chook to relaxation at room temperature for 20 mins.
5. Preheat a grill to reasonably excessive warmth. Brush grill grates gently with oil and transfer fowl to grill (in case you be aware lemon zest and garlic sticking to at least one portion of the hen extra than any other just brush it along the chook to flippantly distribute). Grill 6 - 8 mins then rotate chook to contrary facet and grill until internal temperature of fowl registers one hundred sixty five levels on an immediate read thermometer (overall grill time will vary primarily based on thickness of hen breasts, so simply make certain to test the temp for doneness). switch to a plate, cover with foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes, then slice into strips about half of-inch thick.

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