This wonderful Healthy Grilled Chicken Salad with Asian Ginger Dressing is not only healthy and bright — It has a Tropical Vibe guaranteed to bring you out of your Grilled Chicken Rut – It combines Asian Dressing on top of Healthy tender baby spinach, has beautiful color and a delish Tropical flavor with the addition of citrus, mangoes, strawberries, and kiwi.
One of the biggest misconceptions is that healthy has to be colorless, bland, and boring to be good for you. Let’s put a stop to that notion by simply looking at the various ingredients in my Healthy Grilled Chicken Salad with Asian Ginger Dressing, bright red strawberries, beautiful green kiwis, gorgeous mangoes, and show-stopping orange Minneolas make for a rainbow of beautiful vibrant colors with tons of taste.
Healthy Grilled Chicken Salad with Asian Ginger Dressing
- 1 Boneless skinless, previously grilled chicken breast, per person
- 1 recipe for dressing, below
- 1 and 1/2 – 2 cups of baby fresh baby spinach, per person
- 3 slices of Minneolas, halved per person
- 1/2 of kiwi, sliced per person
- 1/8 cup of diced mango, per person
- 1/8 of a cup sliced strawberries, per person
Ingredients for Asian Ginger Dressing
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons minced onion
- 2 tablespoons pure honey
- 2 tablespoons minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Directions for dressing
- In a blender combine all the ingredients — add 2 tablespoons of water. Blend until completely smooth. (Store extra in an air-tight container and refrigerate immediately) – Can be saved up for a week.
- In a bowl large enough to accommodate salad ingredients – add all ingredients except chicken. Toss all ingredients lightly. Place on the serving the dish . Slice the grilled chicken into long strips – place on top of salad combination.
- Serve with Asian Ginger Dressing on the side.
Notes: If desired you may use salad Asian Ginger Dressing to marinate chicken breast in for 30 minutes to 1 hour to add additional flavor before grilling
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What a gorgeous spring and summer dish. I could eat this for lunch everyday, maybe with a bit of chevré sprinkled on top.
Thank you Shanna! Glad you like it! I love making healthy salads with color.
G’day! Looks very summer healthy indeed Heidy!
Cheers! Joanne
Thank you Joanne !
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Thank you for sharing
Great recipe you created so it was pretty easy to share it!
Heidy, this salad looks gorgeous, I love doing salads like this in the summer time and enjoy my dinner outside 🙂 I will definitely give yours a try for dinner as our weather is getting better!!
Thanks Shelby, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did today
Now this is a salad that I can get along with! So healthy and SO flavorful!
Thanks so much Ronda!
This looks so light and healthy and refreshing! I’m loving the colors! Gorgeous springtime meal!
I adore colorful foods, thank you for dropping by! I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe
What a gorgeous plate of food. So healthy and delicious.
Thank you ! I am glad you enjoyed the salad
Love the addition kiwi. The colors in this dish are amazing. Love the healthfulness too!
Thank you Kiwi is such a wonderful surprise in slad I think
Heidy, There is NOTHING about this that I don’t LOVE!! I have shared it all over the place, and I can’t wait to get it in my belly!! 😉
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!! It’s so fresh and colorful!!