Buttermilk Chicken with Chopped Salad
Buttermilk Chicken with Chopped Salad
Everyone once in a while a nice and refreshing salad sounds really good. I don’t often make salads at home. The biggest reason? It costs too much to get all of the ingredients to make one as good as I can order out. Any time I do get a salad somewhere, I often think to myself “this would cost a lot to recreate!” It’s worth it to order a chopped salad when I’m out and make something else at home.
Alas, on occasion I DO want to make a salad for our dinner. When I do, I make the flavor all in the meat and toss a few veggies together to decrease the ingredient list. This buttermilk chicken is full of flavor – especially with the fresh thyme leaves. We didn’t use any dressing on our salad, although the original recipe I adapted this from saved half of the buttermilk mixture as a dressing. Sans dressing, buttermilk dressing, or your own dressing- it’s not about the dressing. This chicken is gooooood. In fact, you could forego the salad altogether and serve it with a grilled or roasted veggie!
Adapted from Rachael Ray Magazine
Buttermilk Chicken with Chopped Salad
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- 1 lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp each salt & pepper
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1/2 inch pieces fat removed as much as possible
- 1 head romaine or butterleaf lettuce
- 1 cucumber, chopped
- 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
- 1 cup red grapes, halved
Instructions
- Preheat grill or grill pan to medium high heat.
- In a small bowl mix together buttermilk, thyme, zest and juice of 1 lemon and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss the chicken with half of the buttermilk mixture. Save other half for dressing if using.
- Grill chicken on each side for about 10 minutes per side. Remove from heat, let cool, and cut into large pieces.
- In a large bowl, toss together lettuce, cucumber, onion and grapes. Place chicken on top and dressing on the side to serve.
This looks yummy! We will be making this! Thanks :)
Yay! I hope you enjoy!!