Breaded Chicken, Pears, Pecans, and Goat Cheese Salad

Ingredients

Servings:
.25Cup Siggi’s Plain Yogurt
2Tbsp Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed (approximate half of a medium size lemon)
.75Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
.5Tsp Paprika
1Tsp Garlic Powder
1Tsp Onion Powder
1Tbsp Italian Seasoning
.5Tsp Kosher Salt
.5Tsp Black Pepper
1Pound Chicken Breasts, skinless and boneless (approximately two pieces)
.25Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2Tbsp Apple Cidar Vinegar
.5Tbsp Dijon Mustard
1Tsp Honey
1Tsp Garlic, diced
.5Tsp Kosher Salt
.5Tsp Black Pepper, freshly ground
.5Cup Pecans, chopped
1Cup Bartlett Pear, diced
8Cups Arugula
.5Cup Goat Cheese, crumbled (or other soft cheese of your choice)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400º. Coat bottom of baking dish with olive oil and set aside.

In a shallow flat-bottomed dish, whisk together yogurt and lemon juice.

In a second shallow flat-bottomed dish, mix together bread crumbs, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

Dip one chicken breast in yogurt mixture, coat well, then turn and coat the other side. Then immediately dip chicken into bread crumb mixture, flip it and cover the opposite side. Cover both sides generously. Place in prepared baking dish. Repeat for the second chicken breast.

Place in oven for 40 minutes, flipping once half-way through, until chicken is thoroughly cooked and bread crumbs are a golden brown. Remove form oven and cool slightly.

While chicken is cooking, which together olive oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper.

Add a bed of arugula to a serving dish and top with pears, pecans, goat cheese, and sliced chicken. OPTIONAL: add 1/4 cup cooked farro or quinoa if desired.

 

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