April 5, 2011

Caramelized Chicken Salad

Serves:  2
Prep Time: 7-8 min.
Cooking Time: 7-8 min.
Total: 15 min.

Ingredients
1 chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1 tsp. sunflower oil
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1 avocado, sliced and scooped from shell
1 tin mandarin oranges, drained
1 tomato or cherry tomatoes, sliced
1/2 red or yellow pepper, sliced into strips
baby spinach or mixed greens
2 lemon wedges
salt and pepper
balsamic vinegar (optional)

Directions
  1. In a sauce pan heat oil on high.  Add chicken pieces and saute for 5 minutes.  Drain any liquid that had formed in the pan and add brown sugar. Stir to coat pieces.
  2. Let sugar caramelize for an additional 2 minutes.  When it has browned, remove from heat.
  3. Prepare a bed of green salad, with mandarin oranges, tomatoes, peppers and avocado. Drizzle with lemon juice and balsamic vinegar if desired.
  4. Serve chicken on top of greens and season with salt and pepper.

Adapted from gourmantineblog.com

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