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Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

Honey Mustard Chicken Salad with Bacon

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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Yield: 8
Delicious and healthy lunch salad that is easy for meal prep. Grilled chicken breasts with Honey Mustard Dressing, bacon, avocado, tomato, and red onion. Incredibly versatile ingredients.
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Ingredients

For the Salad:

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in half lengthwise (to make 8 halves)
  • 12 oz. pack of bacon cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2-3 heads of romaine lettuce washed and shredded
  • 4 Roma tomatoes quartered or diced, (or cherry tomatoes)
  • 3 avocados
  • 1 red onion sliced thinly
  • 1 tbsp. butter or cooking oil

For the Honey Mustard Dressing:

  • ⅔ cup honey
  • 6 tbsp. whole grain mustard
  • 4 tbsp. olive oil
  • 4 tbsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsps. minced garlic or shallots
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

For the Honey Mustard Dressing:

  • Add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk until combined, then pour into a glass jar to store. Tip: Shaking in a glass jar to combine doesn't work best because the honey will sit on the bottom.

For the Salad:

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake the bacon (or fry it in a pan after step 3).
  • Rinse, trim, and halve chicken breasts down the center lengthwise. You should have 8 chicken breast halves of even thicknesses. Optional: Marinate in 2 tbsp. of Honey Mustard Dressing, or skip and continue to next step.
  • Heat 1 tbsp. of butter over medium heat in an oven-safe nonstick pan. I use a grill pan or cast iron skillet. Sear chicken on both sides until browned, then finish cooking in the oven. Do not overcrowd the pan.
  • Meanwhile, wash and chop veggies (lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, red onion).
  • Once chicken and bacon are cooked; drain the bacon & use a pair of clean kitchen scissors to cut it into strips. Slice chicken once cooled.
  • To assemble the salads: Lay a bed of shredded lettuce on a large plate. Place the following in piles; chopped chicken, bacon, quartered tomatoes, sliced avocado, and sliced red onion. Drizzle Honey Mustard Dressing over top and serve.
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