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Strawberry Chicken over Mixed Greens Recipe

  • Writer: FibonacciMD
    FibonacciMD
  • Jun 3
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jun 5

Grilled chicken, fresh strawberries, and crisp mixed greens make a light, healthy meal.


Creative Cooking for the Health-Conscious Gourmet

A refreshing recipe with strawberries, chicken, and mixed greens. A perfect blend of sweet, savory, and healthy.

Recipe

These sweet and tangy chicken slices, served with strawberries and mixed greens, is a spring delight. You can also enjoy the marinated grilled chicken warm with rice.


Ingredients:

  • 1 pound (4) boneless skinless chicken breasts

  • 2 ½ cups whole strawberries, divided

  • 4 cups mixed salad greens

  • 1 garlic clove, diced

  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard

  • 1/8 tsp black pepper

  • ½ cup crumbled blue cheese

  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar

  • ¼ cup canola or grapeseed oil

  • ¼ cup sliced almonds

  • ¼ tsp salt

  • Fresh ground pepper and sea salt for garnish

  • Lite balsamic salad dressing


Instructions:

  1. Stir together vinegar, garlic, mustard, salt, pepper, and canola oil in bowl

  2. Dice ½ cup of the strawberries and add to vinegar marinade

  3. Pour marinade over chicken, stir, cover, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight, mixing occasionally.

  4. When ready to prepare, remove chicken from marinade and grill, about 3-5 minutes on each side until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Discard marinade

  5. Allow to chicken to cool and then slice thinly against the grain

  6. Wash and slice the remaining strawberries

  7. Wash salad greens

  8. For each bowl of salad, add 1 cup greens, 1 sliced chicken breast, ½ cup sliced strawberries, 2 tbsp blue cheese, and 1 tbsp almonds

  9. Garnish with almonds,

  10. Drizzle with lite balsamic dressing. Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste


Nutritional Information

Makes 4 Servings

Nutrients in a serving: Calories  265, Total Fat 8g, Saturated Fat 1.4 g, Cholesterol 90mg,

Total Carbohydrate 8g, Dietary fiber 4g, Protein 37g, Potassium 565mg, Sodium 350mg


Nutrition Chef Authors:

Mary B Grosvenor, MS, RD

Lori A Smolin, PhD

Medically Reviewed by FibonacciMD editors.


Editor's Note: This recipe is appropriate for a low-calorie, low cholesterol, low saturated fat, low carbohydrate, high protein dietary regimen and a good source of fiber.



Learn about some of the health benefits of strawberries in our article about Sweet Science: Unpacking the Health Benefits of Strawberries






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