Grilled Chicken Salad With Seasonal Fruit Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the grill for high heat.
• Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill chicken 8 minutes on each sides, or until juices run clear. Remove from heat, cool, and slice.
• Meanwhile, place pecans in a dry skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pecans until fragrant, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• In a blender, combine the red wine vinegar, sugar, vegetable oil, onion, dry mustard, salt, and pepper. Process until smooth.
• Arrange lettuce on serving plates. Top with grilled chicken slices, berries/oranges, and pecans. Drizzle each with dressing to serve.

Steps:

• To make the chicken and salad: In a small bowl, add the marmalade, soy sauce, lemon juice, and fresh ginger; stir to combine; remove 1/4 cup marmalade mixture and refrigerate.
• Put chicken breast halves in a large heavy-duty plastic zip-lock bag; add in the remaining marmalade mixture; seal bag; shake around to coat; chill 8 hours, turning occasionally.
• Cut pineapple into spears.
• Peel jicama and cut into 1/2-inch slices.
• Put the pineapple and jicama in a large heavy-duty plastic zip-lock bag; add in the reserved marmalade mixture; seal and shake around to coat; chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours.
• Make the vinaigrette: Add all vinaigrette ingredients to a small bowl; whisk to combine; set aside.
• Take chicken out of marinade bag and discard marinade.
• Drain pineapple mixture.
• On a well greased grill rack, grill chicken over medium-high heat 5-6 minutes on each side or until done.
• Grill pineapple and jicama 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Cut chicken, pineapple, and jicama into bite-sized pieces.
• Add chicken, pineapple, jicama, strawberry halves, and raspberries to a large bowl; add orange-raspberry vinaigrette and toss gently.
• Serve salad over lettuce leaves.