Honey Mustard Chicken Chopped Salad. {Video!}
I’m here to rescue you.
From the vat of cheese dip and guac that you might have eaten last night during the game. With a colorful, crunchy, chopped salad that will totally make your Monday! If you need a little help loathing yourself less this morning, I’m your gal.
Let’s get to it.
This is SO my new favorite chicken recipe. It’s not completely new – I took that sweet and spicy honey broiled chicken that we love and made a honey mustard glaze to brush on instead – and then threw it together with a bunch of vegetables and cheese and a quick honey mustard vinaigrette.
For me, that vinaigrette is key. I don’t love the thick and sticky honey mustard dressings, in fact, I’ve been weird about dressings since I was a kid and you know that my go to is always a mix of oil and vinegar. But I LOVE the flavor of honey mustard, so I wanted to combine the two into a honey mustard-like vinaigrette.
My salad is way too high maintenance, always.
Speaking of high maintence salads, whyyyy do they taste so much when chopped? It has to be because you get a bite of everything in each forkful. Right? I’ve only had one bad chopped salad in my life and it was on a holiday (worst time to eat out ever) when it seemed like an entire bag of raw carrots accidentally on purpose jumped into the bowl. Horrific!
No carrots here today. No way.
ALSO. No celery. Always and forever. Surefire way to ruin a salad? CELERY. Stop it right now.
The things that made this chopped salad perfection:
The chicken! Chopped into cubes, of course. It’s sort of crunchy on the outside. Charred, if you will.
Avocado, always.
Diced radish.
Chopped cherry tomatoes.
Sliced green onions.
Tons of blue cheese. All crumbly and creamy.
Oh oh and butter lettuce! The best of the lettuces. Buttery, for sure.
I also find that I eat a TON more salad if it’s in a big mixing bowl like this. Chopped + mixing bowl + tossing incessantly like a psycho make for the best flavor and texture and perfect bite every time. Take it from me.
Honey Mustard Chicken Chopped Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 8 cups butter lettuce chopped
- 3 radishes diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes chopped
- 1 avocado chopped
- ½ red onion chopped
- 2 ounces blue cheese crumbled
- a sprinkle of green onions
honey mustard vinaigrette
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves finely minced or pressed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the broiler on your oven to high and place an oven rack 6 inches below. Line a baking sheet with foil.
- Season the chicken on both sides with the salt, pepper and paprika. Place it on the baking sheet and broil for 7 minutes, the flip and broil for 7 minutes more. While the chicken is broiling, whisk together the honey, vinegar and mustard. Brush it on the chicken and broil for 2 more minutes. Flip the chicken one more time, brush with the honey mixture and broil 2 minutes more. Remove the chicken and let it cool slightly. Cut it into 1-inch cubes/pieces.
- Assemble the salad by combining the lettuce with a pinch of salt and pepper, tomatoes, radishes, onion, blue cheese, green onions and chicken. Drizzle with the dressing, toss and serve!
honey mustard vinaigrette
- In a bowl, whisk together the vinegar, honey, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper. Continue to whisk while streaming in the olive oil. This dressing stays great in the fridge in a sealed container for a week or so.
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51 Comments on “Honey Mustard Chicken Chopped Salad. {Video!}”
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Today is definitely a salad day. That honey mustard looks delicious!
So many amazing ingredients! This is perfect x
Jessica — NinetyCo
Oooh what a bright spot in the middle of winter! Thanks =)
Ugh! Those shredded carrots ruin everything!!! Need this salad in my life today.
yum-O! by the way – made your thai peanut sauce (for the millionth time) to go with fresh spring rolls (needed something healthy-ish for the Super Bowl). OMG – they were amazing!
high maintenance salads are the best! why eat salad if it’s boring and sad? and love that there’s plenty of zingy/spicy/deliciousness going on in the dressing to keep it from being too sweet.
This salad looks so flavorful and delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
ugh I am a BEAST right now!! the help is so needed.
This sounds SO AMAZING right now!! Love me some honey mustard vinaigrette!!
The homemade dressing for this salad sounds great and pretty simple to create!
omg YUM! I can’t wait to try this! Epic salads are my fave. Your nectarine salad from a couple years ago changed my life!
I am always looking for more salad inspiration!
Kari
http://sweetteasweetie.com/
I can confirm that tossing things incessantly does in fact make them more tasty! (…despite what my husband may say)
Oh girl, I SO share your aversion to thick salad dressings. As a kid I consumed far more creamy ranch and caesar dressing than any individual ever should and can’t go near the stuff now. Vinaigrettes are where it’s at! ;)
Yum! I love a big salad full of different flavors!
I love this kind of salad that you can add a few different ingredients for a salad packed full of delicious flavors.
hey girl- this salad looks so yummy!
Celery ruins everything! This salad looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to try it!
I made this tonight… simple and delicious. That’s a great honey mustard dressing – I’ll be making it again.
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I just made this for dinner last night and it was fantastic!! That chicken is addicting and the dressing was so simple. Love it!
yes, celery does not belong, it’s a bunch of water in a stalk that’s a pain to chew! Fine with leaving out carrots too, love and love all of the stuff that you DID put in this salad, so thank you for this, looks beautiful and the honey mustard is a nice touch!
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Made this for dinner last night and enjoyed it so much! The chicken was delicious, even had a grilled flavor. I toasted up some croutons and added a little light mayo to the dressing cuz we like it a bit creamy. Thank you!
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You’re spot-on about the mixing bowl. My partner refers to one of his favorite salads as “That one I eat out of the mixing bowl,” because he eats so much whenever I make it that it’s pointless to put it in anything else. I’ll have to try this one!
I have made this salad at least twice a week since you posted it. Definitely a new staple. You are really the salad queen! Every recipe of yours is so delicious!
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What a great salad recipe! I love the flavor of the vinaigrette and the extra pop that paprika gives the chicken. Definitely a keeper.
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OMG BEST SALAD EVER! I made this today and I devoured it. My brother and sis-in-law loved it as well. My sis-in-law said it tasted just like a cheeseburger LOL. Who wouldn’t eat a healthy cheeseburger? This is going in my all time favorite recipes. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is the best salad we’ve ever made and it is going on the weekly menu for summer. The chicken cooks perfectly with the given instructions. The dressing is so creamy and flavorful, that a little bit goes a long way! Thanks Jess :) There needs to be a 100 star option, because that’s what this one is!
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Insanely good salad. We loved everything about it. My husband was skeptical but had two helpings.
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