Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
This Honey Mustard Chicken Salad is not just any salad! This gorgeous honey mustard dressing does double-duty as both a slather for the chicken and a dressing for the salad!
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 ½ tablespoons honey
- 1 ½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Salad
- 6 asparagus spears
- 1 chicken breast
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ tablespoon oil
- 5 cups romaine lettuce roughly chopped
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- ½ avocado thinly sliced
- 1.5 ounces bacon cooked crispy and chopped
Instructions
- Place all dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well.
- Heat a non-stick pan over high heat until smoking. Add asparagus and cook for 3 min or until there are little black bits but still firm. Remove from pan - it will continue cooking in the residual heat.
- Cut chicken in half horizontally, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle 2 teaspoons of dressing over chicken.
- Add oil to the skillet and cook the chicken about 2 min each side until cooked through. Transfer to a plate, cover loosely with foil and rest 5 minutes. Slice thickly.
- Place lettuce in bowl, drizzle a bit of dressing over the lettuce and toss. Transfer to serving platter. Top with cherry tomatoes, asparagus, avocado and chicken. Sprinkle with bacon, drizzle over remaining dressing.