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Fab Summer Blackened Chicken Salad

Total Time
54 min
25m prep · 29m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This is perfect for summer. You can even buy cooked chicken if it's too hot to cook your own. This makes two large dinner portions.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil , divided
  • 2 , 6 ounce
  • 1.5 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
  • 2 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 2 cups mixed salad greens
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 1 avocado - peeled , pitted, and diced
  • 12 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes , drained and sliced
  • 0.5 cups sliced black olives

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season both sides of chicken with Cajun seasoning, and place in hot oil. Stir in crushed garlic. Cook chicken 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet, drain on paper towels, cool slightly, and dice; discard oil and garlic.

  2. 2

    In a small bowl, mix remaining olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper.

  3. 3

    In a large bowl, gently toss the dressing with the mixed salad greens, arugula, avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives. Top with diced chicken to serve.

Nutrition Facts

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