ASIAN PEAR CHICKEN SALAD
Servings: 6-8 Servings
Total time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 head green leaf lettuce
- 2 cups chopped radicchio
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup chopped Trinity Asian Pear
- ½ cup shaved Parmesan cheese
- 3 Trinity Asian Pears, cored and sliced, for garnish
- Dressing:
- ½ cup olive oil
- 4 tbsp citrus champagne vinegar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp honey
- ½ tsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp sugar
Directions:
- Preheat the grill
- Season chicken to taste with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken. Set aside and let cool.
- Combine walnuts, butter, and brown sugar in a sauté pan and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the walnuts are coated. Remove from the pan and let cool. Break walnuts apart and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine lettuce, radicchio, celery, cilantro, chopped Asian pear and Parmesan. Whisk together all the dressing ingredients. Add to the salad and toss.
- Arrange the salad on plates. Slice the chicken and place on top of the salad. Place Asian pear slices and some walnuts on the side of each serving.
Note: Citrus champagne vinegar is champagne vinegar made with a twist of lemon. For substitute, use rice vinegar.