Sweet and Spicy Strawberry, Chicken and Spinach Salad
This easy, fresh-tasting and satisfying weeknight meal takes full advantage of the sweet-heat components of our Strawberry Serrano Hot Sauce, using it both as a glaze for grilled chicken as well as a dressing for the composed salad.
Sweet and Spicy Strawberry, Chicken and Spinach Salad Recipe
By Fat Cat Gourmet
Cook time:
20 min
Ingredients
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, about 8 oz
- 9 oz package of prewashed baby spinach leaves (for salad)
- 1/4 red onion, sliced thinly
- 4 oz. fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced into 1/4 inch slices
- 4 oz. toasted whole pecans or walnuts (or 3 oz. sliced almonds)
- 2 oz. crumbled goat cheese or feta cheese
- 1 bottle Fat Cat Strawberry Serrano Hot Sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp olive oil
Instructions
- Heat grill or saute pan over medium heat. If using grill, coat chicken breast with oil and season with salt and pepper prior to grilling. If using pan, add oil as pan heats up.
- When grill/pan is hot, grill/saute chicken breast, charring/browning it in spots, about 5-6 min per side until full cooked.
- In final minute of cooking, pour about 2 oz. of Fat Cat Stawberry Serrano over chicken and toss to coat, continuing to cook until sauce has formed a glaze over the chicken. Set on plate to rest when done.
- As chicken rests, in a large mixing bowl combine spinach, onion and nuts and toss thoroughly to mix. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- When chicken is cool enough to handle, slice into 1/4 slices and add to salad.
- Drizzle another 1 to 2 oz of Fat Cat Strawberry Serrano into the salad mixing bowl as the dressing for the salad. Toss to cover everything with the sauce/dressing and serve.