Grilled Chicken & Green Salad

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Grilled Chicken & Green Salad

Yield 4-6

Author Lucy Tweed

Cook time

40 Min

Total time

40 Min

This was going to be skewers, and well, now it’s not

Ingredients

• 8 chicken thighs, cut into quarters
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons flake sea salt
• Cracked pepper, to taste
• For the Pasta Salad:
• Risoni pasta or any small shaped pasta
• 1 head of broccoli, trimmed into florets
• 1 zucchini, sliced
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• Handful of roughly chopped mint and parsley
• Parmesan cheese, grated, for topping

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, toss the chicken thighs with lemon zest, oregano, olive oil, flake sea salt, and cracked pepper. Set aside to marinate while preheating the barbecue to high heat.
2. Once the barbecue is preheated, grill the marinated chicken thighs for about 7 to 10 minutes on each side, until charred and crisped on the outside and tender inside. This should take about 20 minutes in total.
3. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta for two minutes less than the recommended time. In the final minute of cooking, add the broccoli florets to blanch. Drain and set aside in a large salad bowl.
4. To the bowl of pasta and broccoli, add sliced zucchini, frozen peas, extra-virgin olive oil, Dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, sea salt, sugar, and the chopped mint and parsley. Toss everything together.
5. Top the pasta and broccoli mixture with Parmesan cheese and toss lightly.
6. Serve the pasta salad alongside the grilled lemon oregano chicken thighs for a delicious dinner.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

800

Fat

55 g

Sat. Fat

14 g

Carbs

30 g

Fiber

8 g

Net carbs

22 g

Sugar

7 g

Protein

48 g

Sodium

2138 mg

Cholesterol

227 mg

This information is a guide only, and can vary due to a number of factors including precision of measurements, brands, ingredient freshness, or the source of nutrition data.