Herb Chicken Cranberry Almond Salad

 

Is our featured recipe truly a salad? According to Wikipedia there is a ” Green Salad” that consists of leafy vegetables. Such as lettuce greens, spinach, arugula, or any other leafy green. They are normally garnished with nuts or croutons.

There is the “Vegetable Salad” that includes common vegetables like cucumbers, peppers, onions, radishes, tomatoes, and celery.

Then there is the “Bound Salad” at which a great example is the Potato Salad. A “bound” is arranged or tossed in the bowl with other ingredients mixed with a thick sauce, usually a mayonnaise base.

The way to test and see if your “bound salad” is truly a “bound” is scooping it with a ice-cream scoop, then placing it onto a plate. When removing the scoop, the salad should hold its shape.

Bound Salads also are used to make sandwiches, by spreading them between two pieces of bread.

Other examples of such salads besides the Potato Salad are Tuna Salad, Egg Salad, Pasta Salad, and yes a Chicken Salad.

The original question is answered by the last five words of the prior paragraph. That is yes the featured recipe is truly a salad.

This is what you will need:

1 1/2 pounds chicken breast, boneless and skinless,

1 cup mayonnaise, homemade, link here for recipe

1 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup almonds, slivered

3 tablespoons lemon juice (for salad) + 1/2 cup lemon juice (for packaged garlic/herb mix marinade)

1/4 cup sugar

1 package Weber Garlic and Herb (all natural ingredients)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Add chicken to a zip lock bag. Mix Weber ingredients with 1/2 cup lemon juice according to instructions (no oil or water needed). Pour over chicken and mix till meat is coated. Zip the bag and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to one hour. Remove from bag and place on a grill over a cookie sheet and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken is 165 degrees internal temperature. When chicken is done set aside awhile to cool. Once cool to the touch, cut chicken into 1/2 to 1 inch bite sizes. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, mix lemon juice and sugar together. Next add cranberries, almonds and mayonnaise, mix till well incorporated.

Add diced chicken to bowl and mix in.

Turn salad into a serving bowl, plate and serve.

 

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