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Caribbean Chicken Salad

Servings 4

Ingredients

Chicken and Salsa

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup teriyaki chicken marinade purchased
  • 2 medium tomatoes seeded and chopped in small dice
  • 1 small jalapeno seeded and minced
  • 1 small sweet onion finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Dressing

  • 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoons lime juice
  • kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Salad

  • 10 ounces mixed salad greens
  • 1 can 8 ounces pineapple chunks, drained
  • 2 cups tortilla chips broken

Instructions

  1. Put the chicken breasts in a small glass container or resealable plastic bag with the teriyaki sauce and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to 4 hours.
  2. Light a charcoal or gas grill. When it's hot, grill the marinated chicken breasts until there is no pink in the center of the chicken breasts, about 8 minutes per side. When the chicken breasts are cooked, set them aside to cool. Discard the remaining marinade.

Make the salsa

  1. Combine the diced tomatoes, minced jalapeno and diced sweet onion. Toss with the cilantro, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Season the mixture with the kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Set the salsa aside.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the Dijon mustard with the brown sugar, soy sauce until the brown sugar is dissolved. Whisk in the red wine vinegar and olive oil, then add the lime juice and season the dressing with kosher salt and black pepper.

Assemble the salad

  1. Divide the salad greens on four salad plates. Put spoonfuls of the salsa on each plate of salad greens. Divide the pineapple chunks over the salsa and put some of the broken tortilla chips on each plate of greens. Put the julienned chicken strips over each of the plates and drizzle the tops with the dressing. Serve chilled.