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Italian Chicken Salad

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Ingredients

  • 3 lb split chicken breasts (see Note)
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ⅓ cup champagne vinegar (or use white wine vinegar)
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 (12-oz) jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
  • 1 (8-oz) pkg mozzarella pearls
  • 1 (2.25-oz) can sliced black olives, drained
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • ½ cup sliced fresh basil
  • 4 green onions, chopped
  • 1 (5-oz) pkg baby arugula

Instructions

  1. Sprinkle chicken with salt. Cover chicken with water in a large pot; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
  2. Drain, cool, and chop chicken to equal 6 cups.
  3. Whisk together oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
  4. Add chicken, roasted peppers, cheese, olives, celery, basil, and green onions; toss. Serve chicken salad over arugula.

Nutritional Information

Main Total
Servings 6
Fat (g) 0 0
Sat. Fat (g) 0 0
Protein (g) 0 0
Carb (g) 0 0
Fiber (g) 0 0
Sodium (mg) 0 0

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