Description

Make a delicious, fast, easy chicken salad that is healthy for you. It has grilled chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, avocado and fresh herbs in a light lemon dressing. Make it your own by adding salted almonds or nuts and maybe some jalapeno.

Ingredients

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 T. extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 t. ground coriander
• Kosher salt, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 Kirby cucumber with peel, washed and coarsely chopped
• 1 c. grape, cherry or yellow pear tomatoes, rinsed and halved (or your favorite)
• 1/4 red onion, peeled and diced
• 1 T. chopped fresh tarragon
• 1 t. grated lemon zest from about 1/2 lemon
• freshly squeezed juice half a lemon, about 1 - 2 T.
• 1/2 t. kosher salt
• pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 ripe avocado

Steps

1. Pound out the 4 chicken breasts with the flat side of a meat mallet until each is about 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick, between 2 large sheets of plastic wrap. Brush chicken breasts lightly with olive oil; season with coriander, salt, and black pepper, to taste.
2. Preheat an indoor grill pan or an outdoor grill to medium-high heat. Grill chicken, in batches as necessary, turning once, until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side.
3. Toss cucumber, tomatoes, onion, tarragon, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper in a serving bowl.