Summer Layered Salad With Grilled Chicken And Tomato Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Make vinaigrette:
• Whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients, except oil and chives, with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Whisk in chives.
• Make radish-cucumber salad:
• Boil water with salt, sugar, garlic, and peppercorns in a 4-quart pot, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• While brine boils, trim and halve radishes. Halve cucumbers lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Remove brine from heat. Add radishes and cucumbers and let stand, uncovered, 10 minutes. Drain in a colander, discarding garlic and peppercorns. Transfer radishes and cucumbers to an ice bath to stop cooking, then drain well in colander.
• Transfer to a large bowl and chill, uncovered, about 20 minutes.
• Make chickpea salad:
• Stir together chickpeas, onion, 1/4 cup vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook green beans:
• Cook green beans in a large pot of well-salted boiling water, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 3 to 6 minutes. Drain. Transfer to a large ice bath to stop cooking. Drain again and pat dry.
• Grill mushrooms and chicken:
• Prepare grill for direct-heat cooking over hot charcoal (medium-high heat for gas); see Grilling Procedure .
• Toss mushrooms with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette and marinate 10 minutes.
• Grill mushrooms in 2 batches on oiled grill sheet, covered only if using a gas grill, stirring frequently, until golden-brown, about 5 minutes per batch. Toss hot mushrooms with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette.
• Season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Oil grill rack, then grill chicken over medium-hot charcoal (medium heat for gas), covered only if using a gas grill, turning chicken occasionally and moving it as necessary to avoid flare-ups, until just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes total. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes.
• Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices and toss with pesto in a large bowl.
• Dress salads and assemble dish:
• Toss brined cucumbers and radishes with parsley, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir mint into chickpea salad.
• Toss beans with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette and salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with almonds.
• Toss tomatoes with 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, basil, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Toss lettuce with 1 tablespoon vinaigrette.
• Arrange chicken, mushrooms, and salads side by side on a large platter and serve remaining vinaigrette on the side.

Steps:

• In deep 3-quart salad bowl, place half of the lettuce. Layer with chicken, cheese, pecan halves, remaining lettuce and strawberries.
• In small bowl or glass measuring cup, mix dressing ingredients with wire whisk until well blended. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the first eight ingredients. Refrigerate until serving., In a salad bowl, combine the salad greens, onion, mushrooms, raspberries and walnuts. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• For the Toasted Sesame-Poppy Seed Vinaigrette: In a blender or food processor, combine the vinegar, sugar, sesame and poppy seeds, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, salt and 1 tablespoon minced onion.
• Blend until most sesame seeds are ground (stop motor several times and scrape down sides of container). Scrape contents into a small bowl, then whisk in the vegetable oil in a slow, steady stream. This makes 3/4 cup.
• For the Salad: Cut the cooked and cooled chicken into 1/4-inch pieces and combine with 1/2 cup vinaigrette, the salad greens, diced tomatoes, avocado, sugar-glazed hazelnuts and 1/4 cup minced onion. Add more vinaigrette as necessary to reach desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve: Arrange additional salad greens on 4 plates, then divide salad mixture between them. Garnish with the pear slices, tomato wedges and sliced egg.
• Sugar-Glazed Hazelnuts: Place a sheet of waxed paper on countertop. In a nonstick skillet, warm 1 cup coarsely chopped, lightly roasted and skinned hazelnuts over medium-high heat. Sprinkle on about 2 tablespoons sugar, stirring continuously with either a silicone spatula or flat-sided wooden spoon; cook until sugar melts around hazelnuts. Sprinkle on more sugar as necessary to glaze all hazelnut pieces. Remove from heat and quickly scrape hazelnuts onto sheet of waxed paper to cool.

Steps:

• Chicken: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Season Chicken on both sides with Creole seasoning and kosher salt. Grill on each side until done, or until chicken reaches 165 - 170ºF. Remove from grill.
• While chicken is grilling, lay tortillas on baking sheet. With a fork, poke holes in tortillas, ½ inch apart over the whole tortilla. Lightly brush with olive oil and bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Evenly sprinkle cheese onto tortillas and continue baking until cheese is completely melted.
• Place 2 tortillas on each of four plates. Toss spring mix with citrus vinaigrette, corn kernels, and peppers and mound one-fourth of mixture on top of each plate of tortillas. Sprinkle tomato salsa over salad mix.
• When done, slice the grilled chicken on a clean cutting board and place on top of salad, drizzle with chimichurri sauce. Top with avocado fan.
• Vinaigrette:.
• Mix all ingredients together. Refrigerate drizzle salad before serving.