Grilled Chicken Greek Salad

 

This recipe is not about baking but does go wonderfully with the bread I made and posted about Monday, you can find the link here: Greek Psomi Bread. 

As my family grows bigger, taller and more hungry, making healthy meals and family time full of smiles is something I am working at.  I want lots of different ways to feed the 6 of us!  

A Greek salad is so fresh and makes a great meal for the family.  This salad is full of flavour, fresh, simple and easy for a summery family meal at the table or alfresco, so here is how to make my Grilled Chicken Greek Salad... 

Ingredients:

Feta Cheese 200g
Baby plum tomatoes 250g

A Cucumber 

Black Olives 150g

Baby Gem Lettuce

Red wine Vinegar  (if not: White wine vinegar or lemon juice work too)

A Lemon

Extra Virgin Olive oil

A tablespoon of Sugar

4 Chicken Breasts

Method:

Prepare your salad.

Slice the lettuce and add it to the salad bowl.  I prefer to cut my tomatoes in halves, then I slice the cucumber and cut the slices into quarters to make triangles. Cut all your olives in half then add them to your salad bowl with the cucumber and the tomatoes.

Chop the Feta into small cubes add them to the top of the salad in the salad bowl

Preheat the grill to a high heat and grill the chicken for 5-6 minutes, then turn the chicken breast and give it another 5-6 minutes on the other side of until it's completely cooked through.

While the Chicken is grilling.  Make the Salad dressing as below:

Add 2 tablespoons of the red wine vinegar (white wine vinegar or lemon juice will work too) to a small bowl, mix in 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and the sugar.  Stir it and keep stirring every few minutes to help the sugar saturate into the vinaigrette.  You can add a teaspoon oregano to the dressing too if you like. 

When the Chicken is done pour the vinaigrette onto the salad and then cut the chicken into slices and place on top of the salad if you like, however I like to serve this as a big bowl of salad in the middle of the table with the chicken breast on a separate serving dish and the bread on the bread board - this way it satisfies the fussiest of my children.  However you serve this, it is delicious!  

I'd love to know what you think so feel free to comment below!