Chicken Pecan Salad

Description

The combination of sweet and spicy pecans and sweet berries in this chicken salad makes it a taste sensation! I have given tins of the pecans alone as gifts at Christmas time; they are delicious. The berries listed are suggestions; substitute whatever kinds you fancy, in whatever quantities! Makes a beautiful summer dinner.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons hot red pepper sauce
  • ½ cup margarine, melted
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pound coarsely chopped pecans
  • 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon Greek seasoning
  • 1 pound romaine lettuce, torn
  • 1 cup cherry tomato halves
  • ½ cup fresh strawberries
  • ½ cup seedless grapes
  • ¼ cup fresh raspberries
  • ¼ cup fresh blueberries
  • ½ cup honey mustard salad dressing

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a bowl
  3. mix the hot red pepper sauce
  4. margarine
  5. brown sugar
  6. Worcestershire sauce
  7. lemon juice
  8. and salt. Mix pecans into the bowl
  9. tossing to coat evenly. Spread pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven
  10. stirring often and watching carefully
  11. until lightly browned. Remove from heat
  12. and set aside.
  13. Rub chicken with the olive oil
  14. place on a baking sheet
  15. and sprinkle with Greek seasoning. Bake 20 minutes or until juices run clear. Slice into strips.
  16. In a salad bowl
  17. toss together romaine lettuce
  18. chicken strips
  19. cherry tomato halves
  20. strawberries
  21. grapes
  22. raspberries
  23. and blueberries. Sprinkle with pecans
  24. and drizzle with dressing.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 6

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