One of the most popular salad dressing out there is this Honey mustard dill dressing. This addictive dressing made my Chicken salad so delicious and wholesome. This chicken salad is packed with toasted pecans, carrots, bell peppers, corn, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, drizzled with honey mustard dressing makes it super delicious.
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad Recipe
I love salads, whenever I feel like not having a meal, the first thing I make for myself is a bowl of salad. You can make salad whatever way you like, add whatever topping, vegetables, nuts. Most days I go for a creamy dressing over my salad, but somedays I crave for a slightly sweet honey mustard dill dressing.Â
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This one is my favorite since it has honey mustard garlic dressing. I chopped all ingredients, added in a bowl and tossed with some salad dressing to make this addictive yet healthy honey mustard chicken salad.Â
About Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
My go to salad of choice is this grilled chicken salad. Somedays I feel that I am not putting enough vegetables into my diet, then my go to salad is this chicken salad. Because you can load it with lots of vegetables. And I used a simple yet light honey mustard dill salad dressing. Check my Creamy chicken salad.
In this salad, I packed as much colourful vegetables like carrots, red green and yellow bell peppers, boiled sweet corn, cucumbers and tomatoes. I would also add avocado, purple cabbage into it for more colours.
They say “eat the rainbow” meaning we should include fruits and vegetables of different colours in our everyday meal. Because each colour provides different nutrients to our health. This salad is a perfect example of that. I added leafy greens like lettuce, bright red tomatoes, orange carrots, yellow, green and red peppers, yellow corn.
Not only the variety of colours makes the salad so beautiful but it ensures my body gets vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants.Â
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With these tips, you get juicy chicken breast everytime. I don’t use whole chicken breast anymore. Because chicken breast can be uneven, so it over cooks easily.
You can either flatten the chicken breast so it gets even thickness. Or you can butterfly the chicken breast which makes it even and thinner. Even thickness means it will cook evenly and in faster time so it doesn’t dries out.
Don’t over cook chicken. Cook at high temp for shorter time so it doesn’t dries out. Now the most important is marination. Marinate the chicken with yogurt overnight or at least 2 hours for best flavour. Yogurt helps tenderise the chicken breast.
Honey Mustard Salad Dressing Ingredients
- Honey – one of the main ingredient in this salad dressing is good quality honey. Use runny honey which emulsifies with the olive oil and mustard better.
- Mustard – totally depends on your taste. Dijon mustard or whole grain mustard can be used.Â
- Olive Oil – use high quality extra virgin olive oil which gives fruity taste to the dreading.Â
- Dill Leaves – Honey and mustard loves dill leaves. I used fresh leaves which I kept in the freezer. You can use dry dill too, in that case use less.Â
- Lemon Juice & Zest – deepening on your taste, you can add lemon juice.Â
- Vinegar – I used chilli vinegar because I want a slightly spicy kick in my dressing. Apple cider vinegar can be used.Â
- Salt & Pepper – taste and adjust.Â
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Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
1)Take mustard, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper, vinegar in a bowl. Mix this using a whisk until combined.
2)Slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil and use a whisk to combine till creamy and emulsified.
3)Add in finely chopped fresh dill leaves and mix well.
4)Your delicious honey mustard dill salad dressing is ready. Taste and adjust seasoning as you prefer.
Grilling Chicken
5)Take couple of boneless skinless chicken breast. Butterfly chicken and cut into two portions. You will get 2 chicken pieces from a single breast.
6)Now add in all the marination ingredients. I am using yogurt, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper powder, Italian seasoning, lemon juice, yogurt and olive oil.
7)Mix this really well into the chicken. Allow this to marinate for 15 minutes or leave it overnight in fridge.
8)Heat a grill pan on medium high heat. Grease lightly with olive oil. Let it heat up. Once the grill pan is hot enough, place the chicken breast on the pan and cook on high heat for 3 minutes. Don’t touch the chicken at this point, so you get grill marks on the chicken.
9)Once it is cooked for 3 minutes, flip over and cook on other side for 2 more minutes. Since the chicken breast is sliced in half, it will cook faster and more evenly.
10)Once chicken is grilled, remove it to a cutting board and allow them to rest for 5 minutes before slicing it.
Make Salad
11)In a mixing bowl. Take lettuce, cooked sweet corn, carrots, cucumbers, sliced onions, peppers, crumbled feta cheese.
12)Add in the cubed cooked chicken, toasted pecans.
13)Drizzle as much salad dressing as you prefer.
14)Toss to combine. Serve.
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Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Salad Recipe (with Homemade Dressing)
One of the most popular salad dressing out there is this Honey mustard dill dressing. This addictive dressing made my Chicken salad so delicious and wholesome. This chicken salad is packed with toasted pecans, carrots, bell peppers, corn, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, drizzled with honey mustard dressing makes it super delicious.
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For Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
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Salad Dressing – Start by making salad dressing. Take all ingredients except olive oil and dill leaves in a bowl and mix well. Slowly add in the olive oil and mix well until it is emulsified. Now add in dill leaves and mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning. Your salad dressing is ready.
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Marinating Chicken – Take chicken breast on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife to slice in the middle to butterfly the chicken breast and open like a book. Now slice it so you get 2 chicken breast from one. Add all ingredients given for marination and mix well. Leave to marinate for 15 minutes or overnight in fridge.
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Grilling Chicken – Heat a grill pan on medium high heat. Grease lightly with olive oil. Let it heat up. Once the grill pan is hot enough, place the chicken breast on the pan and cook on high heat for 3 minutes. Don’t touch the chicken at this point, so you get grill marks on the chicken.
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Once it is cooked for 3 minutes, flip over and cook on other side for 2 more minutes. Since the chicken breast is sliced in half, it will cook faster and more evenly. Once chicken is grilled, remove it to a cutting board and allow them to rest for 5 minutes before chopping them.
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Assembling Salad – Take a mixing bowl. I am using iceberg lettuce for the salad. You can chop the lettuce roughly. Add in cucumbers, carrots, boiled sweetcorn, feta cheese, tomatoes, sliced onions and bell peppers over the lettuce. Add in chopped chicken breast, toasted pecans and drizzle as much dressing as needed. Toss well and Serve immediately.
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