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Chicken and Spring Mix Salad with Spicy Pineapple Dressing

25 min
2 servings
37.0% healthy
Chicken and Spring Mix Salad with Spicy Pineapple Dressing requires about 25 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 2. For $3.39 per serving, this recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal recipe has 348 calories, 38g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. 2 people were glad they tried this recipe. If you have onion, garlic powder, chicken breast halves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Spring will be even more special with this recipe. It works well as a main course. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 79%.
Chicken and Spring Mix Salad with Spicy Pineapple Dressing

Ingredients

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
•2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or vinegar + 1 tsp sugar)
0.5 tsp garlic powder
•1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp olive oil
•1 tbsp olive oil (extra-virgin if available)
1 tbsp orange juice
•1 tbsp orange juice (or apple juice)
1 tsp paprika
•1 tsp paprika (or chili powder)
8 ounces pineapple
•1 cup cubed fresh pineapple (about 8 ounces), divided
0.3 bell pepper
•1/3 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
0.3 onion
•1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
0.5 tsp salt
•1/2 tsp salt
0.5 serrano pepper
•1/2 Serrano pepper, seeded (or habanero)
0.8 pound chicken breast halves
3/4 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into cubes
5 ounce spring mix of spinach
•1 (5-ounce) package fresh spring mix of spinach, baby lettuce, and radicchio

Instructions

1

Heat a non-stick pan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil.

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frying pan
2

Sprinkle both sides of chicken evenly with paprika, garlic powder, and salt.

3

Add chicken to pan; cook for 5 minutes on each side or until well browned.

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frying pan
4

Remove from pan; set aside.

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frying pan
5

Combine half of pineapple, orange juice, vinegar, and Serrano in a blender; process until smooth.

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blender
6

Add olive oil after blended and mix with spoon or ladle.

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ladle
7

Cut the red onion and red bell pepper into thin strips or desired pieces. Pineapples should be cut into 1/2-inch chunks or can be cut according to preference as well.

8

Combine remaining pineapple and the remaining ingredients in a large bowl.

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bowl
9

Drizzle with 3/4 cup dressing, and toss gently to coat. Divide salad evenly among 2 plates.

10

Cut chicken across the grain into thin slices; divide chicken evenly over salads.

11

Drizzle salad evenly with remaining dressing. Enjoy!

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