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Vacation Chicken Salad

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June 18, 2012
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  • Serves 4
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Light, easy, interesting, and great for lunch the next day. Developed during an Outer Banks vacation when it was too hot to cook or chop too much.
Cilantro lovers might like to add a garnish, pepper lovers might like to add chopped jalapeno to the salad or a dash of Tabasco to the dressing. —avimom

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • Citrus Dressing
  • 1 orange, the juice of
  • 1 lime, the juice of
  • 1/4 cup pineapple juice (about what's in the bottom of the container of fresh pineapple in the produce section.)
  • 1 tablespoon canola or grapeseed oil
  • 1 tablespoon low-sodium tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • Vacation Salad
  • 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 4 splashes low-sodium chicken broth, or water
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 mango, diced
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 orange or yellow bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 pineapple, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked black beans (drain and rinse if using canned)
  • 1 head purple cabbage, shredded
Directions
  1. Citrus Dressing
  2. Whisk together all dressing ingredients and reserve in the fridge.
  1. Vacation Salad
  2. Poach the chicken breasts in the broth/water and 1 TB lime juice. Shred. Reserve in fridge.
  3. Toss mango, avocado, pepper, pineapple, and beans together to make a salad. Moisten with a light touch of dressing.
  4. To serve, plate salad on a small bed of shredded purple cabbage and top with mound of shredded chicken. Salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle with dressing.
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