Balsamic Chicken Salad with Grapes & Grape Vinaigrette
This Balsamic Chicken Salad with Grapes has it all - rich glazed chicken, sweet grapes, and a quick grape balsamic vinaigrette. Elegant, too!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Diet: , Gluten Free, Low Lactose
Servings: 4 Main Dish Servings
Calories: 612kcal
Grape Balsamic Vinaigrette
- ½ cup Avocado oil or Olive oil
- ⅓ cup Chopped Seedless Red Grapes
- ¼ cup Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt to Taste
Balsamic Glazed Chicken
- 4 Small Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- ½ teaspoon Dried Basil
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ teaspoon Onion Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Avocado Oil or Olive Oil
- ¼ cup Balsamic Vinegar
- 2 tablespoon Water
- 1 tablespoon Honey
Salad Base
- 6 cups Salad Greens of Choice
- 1 bunch Asparagus We used purple
- 1 ½ cups Seedless Red Grapes
- ½ English Cucumber
- ¼ cup Fresh Basil Leaves sliced into ribbons
- 1 Avocado slices
- ½ Small Red Onion thinly slices
Grape Balsamic Vinaigrette
Measure all of the vinaigrette ingredients into a blender or the cup of an immersion blender, blitz until smooth. If you’d like, you can strain out the bits of grape skin at this point
Season with salt, to taste, then cover and chill until ready to serve.
Balsamic Glazed Chicken
Trim chicken breasts if necessary, use a sharp knife to cut into ½” slices.
Toss chicken slices with basil, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
Heat avocado oil in a large nonstick pan over medium high heat.
Add the seasoned chicken to the pan, cook - stirring frequently - until browned all over.
Whisk together the vinegar, water, and honey, pour over the chicken breast pieces.
Cook until chicken is cooked through, and covered with a thick glaze.
Remove pan from the heat, allow to cool slightly as you prepare the salads.
Salad Base and Assembly:
Divide your salad ingredients between 4 large serving bowls or plates, arranging as desired.
Divide the glazed chicken pieces over the salads, serve with the grape balsamic vinaigrette.
Consider the salad topping ingredient amounts - and therefore, the nutritional information - mere guidelines.
Add more or less of the ingredients, if you like! The ingredient amounts I gave for the salad construction are pretty generous, and we usually don't end up using all of it.
Serving: 1Main Dish Salad | Calories: 612kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 473mg | Potassium: 1186mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 4523IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 3mg