Frisée Salad with Grilled Chicken, Figs & Blue Cheese
Ingredients
Food Safety
Before you start, wash all surfaces and your hands with soap and warm water, and remember to wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards after they touch raw meat or eggs. Avoid cross-contamination by using a different cutting board for your meat and other ingredients. Make sure you’re cooking to safe temperatures and chilling any leftovers within two hours. For more food safety tips, visit our Food Safety at Home Section.
Steps
Mix together orange juice, orange zest/peel, red wine vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, and black pepper. Whisk in walnut oil.
Measure ¼ cup (60 mL) of above marinade and set aside as dressing for salad. Also measure another ¼ cup (60 mL) to baste thighs while grilling. Pour remaining marinade over boneless, skinless chicken thighs and refrigerate for at least an hour and preferably overnight.
Grill thighs, brushing often with marinade. Cook until pieces reach an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C). Set aside. When cool, slice grilled chicken across the grain into strips.
Separate frisée leaves and place on platter or four individual dinner plates. Cut larger leaves into two or three. Top with one-quarter of the sliced chicken, walnut halves, quartered figs and crumbled blue cheese. Drizzle with remaining dressing.
Helpful Tip
Frisee, or curly endive, is a member of the chicory family. It has frilly edges and a white to yellow centre and tastes slightly bitter. Mix it with other lettuces like sweet, buttery Bibb to soften the flavour. If fresh figs are not available, use dried. Figs are high in antioxidants, calcium, iron and fibre and help keep you regular. If you can’t find figs try dates or even wedges of Anjou pear.
Nutrition Info
| Per 380 g serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calories | 460 |
| Protein | 31 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Fibre | 6 g |
| Sugar | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Sodium | 310 mg |
| Per 380 g serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 27 |
| Calcium | 15 |
| Iron | 15 |
| Vitamin A | 60 |
| Vitamin C | 45 |
| Vitamin B6 | 42 |
| Vitamin B12 | 24 |
| Folate | 94 |
| Zinc | 27 |
