🥗 Grilled Chicken Salad Bowl with Green Herb Dressing 🥑🍗
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories per serving: ~520 kcal
🛒 Ingredients
For the Chicken:
🐔 2 chicken breasts
🧂 ½ tsp salt
⚫ ½ tsp black pepper
🌿 1 tsp smoked paprika
🧄 ½ tsp garlic powder
🫒 1 tbsp olive oil
🍋 Juice of ½ lime
For the Salad Base:
🥬 3 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
🍅 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
🥒 ½ cucumber, sliced
🥑 1 avocado, sliced
🌽 1 cup cooked corn kernels
🥗 ½ cup diced cucumber & lettuce mix (extra crunch)
For the Green Herb Dressing:
🥛 ½ cup Greek yogurt (or sour cream)
🌿 ½ cup fresh cilantro or parsley
🧄 1 small garlic clove
🍋 1 tbsp lime juice
🫒 1 tbsp olive oil
🧂 Salt & pepper to taste
👨🍳 Instructions
Prepare chicken: Rub chicken with olive oil, lime juice, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Let marinate 10 minutes.
Grill chicken: Cook chicken on a grill pan (or skillet) for 6–7 minutes per side until charred and fully cooked (internal temp: 75°C / 165°F). Slice thinly.
Make the dressing: Blend yogurt, herbs, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, salt & pepper until smooth and creamy.
Assemble the salad: In bowls, arrange lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, and corn. Place sliced grilled chicken on top.
Finish: Drizzle with green herb dressing and serve immediately.
🔁 Notes & Variations
Use chicken thighs for extra juiciness.
Add black beans for a Tex-Mex twist.
Swap yogurt dressing with tahini-lime or avocado crema.