Grilled-Chicken-and-Asparagus Salad with Parsley Pesto

Name: Grilled-Chicken-and-Asparagus Salad with Parsley Pesto
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams asparagus, tough ends snapped off and discarded; 4 liters heads Bibb lettuce (about 1 1/2 pounds in all), torn into bite size pieces (about; 1 clove garlic; 4 servings Fresh-ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 79 milliliters olive oil; 355 milliliters loosely packed parsley leaves; 4 servings Salt; 454 grams boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 3); 2 Tbsps water

Grilled-Chicken-and-Asparagus Salad with Parsley Pesto might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 460 calories, 42g of protein, and 24g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, bibb lettuce, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

Light the grill or heat the broiler. Coat the chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon of the oil and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Grill or broil the chicken for 5 minutes. Turn and cook until just done, about 5 minutes more. When the chicken breasts are cool enough to handle, cut them into bite-size pieces.

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Chicken Breast

Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Broiler

Grill

Toss the asparagus spears with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil and 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Grill or broil the asparagus, turning occasionally, until tender, about 10 minutes, depending on the width of the spears.

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Asparagus

Salt And Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Grill

Cut the spears into 2-inch lengths.

In a blender, combine the garlic, water, parsley, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the remaining 1/3 cup oil. Puree until smooth, scraping down the side of the blender with a spatula as necessary.

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Lemon Juice

Parsley

Garlic

Water

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Spatula

In a large glass or stainless-steel bowl, toss the lettuce, chicken, and asparagus with half the vinaigrette.

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Vinaigrette

Asparagus

Whole Chicken

Lettuce

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Bowl

Put the salad on plates.

Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the salads.

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Vinaigrette

Wine Recommendation: Asparagus can be hard to pair with wine, but sauvignon blancs from New Zealand handle the vegetable well, partly because they taste a bit like asparagus themselves. In addition, they are crisp enough to stand up to the vinaigrette.

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Vinaigrette

Asparagus

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