Caramelized Fall Fruit Salad with Chicken

Name: Caramelized Fall Fruit Salad with Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams apple (about; 28 grams blue cheese, crumbled; 227 grams firm-ripe pear such as Bosc or Comice (about; 1 Tbsp firmly packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsps butter or margarine; 59 milliliters hazelnuts; 118 milliliters orange juice; 158 milliliters rice vinegar; 113 grams cups baby salad mix , rinsed and crisped; 1 Tbsps salad oil; 2 servings Salt and pepper; 283 grams boned, skinned chicken breast halves each)

Caramelized Fall Fruit Salad with Chicken might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 368 calories, 7g of protein, and 17g of fat. This gluten free and vegetarian recipe serves 2. A mixture of salt and pepper, cheese, firmly brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It will be a hit at your Autumn event.

Instructions

Put hazelnuts in an 8- to 9-inch square baking pan.

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Hazelnuts

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Baking Pan

Bake in a 350 regular or convection oven until nuts are golden beneath skins, 12 to 15 minutes.

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Nuts

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Oven

Pour from pan onto a towel. When cool enough to handle, rub nuts in towel to remove loose skins. Lift nuts from towel and coarsely chop; discard skins.

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Nuts

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Frying Pan

Rinse chicken and pat dry.

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Whole Chicken

Place each breast between two sheets of plastic wrap. With a flat mallet, gently pound to about 1/2 inch thick. Peel off plastic and sprinkle chicken lightly on both sides with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Heat oil in a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium-high heat; when hot, add chicken and turn occasionally until pieces are lightly browned on both sides and no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 6 to 8 minutes total.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.

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Aluminum Foil

Meanwhile, rinse, peel, and core pear and apple; cut each lengthwise into 8 wedges.

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Apple

Pear

Add butter and brown sugar to frying pan; stir over medium-high heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Add fruit and stir often until beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in vinegar and orange juice, bring to a boil, and stir often until fruit is tender when pierced and liquid is slightly thickened, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Orange Juice

Vinegar

Fruit

Divide salad greens equally between two dinner plates and set a chicken breast half on each mound. Spoon hot fruit and liquid over chicken and greens.

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Chicken Breast