Warm Chicken Spinach Salad with Oranges, Dates, and Goat Cheese
Chicken provides a healthy dose of protein in this healthy Warm Chicken Spinach Salad recipe from 2007, served with citrus, dates, and goat cheese.
Warm Chicken Spinach Salad with Oranges, Dates, and Goat Cheese
Photo Credit : Howard L. PuckettChicken provides a healthy dose of protein in this healthy Warm Chicken Spinach Salad recipe from 2007, served with citrus, dates, and goat cheese. Arugula makes a fine substitute for spinach, if desired.
Yield:
4 servingsIngredients
12 cups baby spinach, rinsed and spun dry
2 navel oranges, peeled, sectioned, and sliced into chunks
1/4 cup roughly chopped dried dates
12 pitted green olives, cut into halves
1/4 cup thawed frozen orange
juice concentrate
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
3 4-ounce boneless, skinless chicken-breast halves, cut into bite-sized chunks
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
Kosher or sea salt and freshly ground
black pepper, to taste
3 ounces aged goat cheese, crumbled
Instructions
Place spinach, oranges, dates, and olives in a large salad bowl; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together juice concentrate, vinegar, and mustard; set aside. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, sauté chicken in oil about 2 minutes. Add garlic and sauté 2 minutes more. Stir in juice concentrate mixture and cook about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon warm chicken mixture over salad and gently toss to mix. Portion salad onto dinner plates and top with crumbled goat cheese.
