Grilled Chicken with Tomato-Cucumber Salad

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 23 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Cook: 8 min
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Ingredients

Salad:

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 lemon, juiced (about 1 tablespoon)

1 cup pear tomatoes, sliced in rounds

1 kirby cucumber, unpeeled, quartered lengthwise and sliced

3 pepperoncini peppers, stemmed and minced

1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

Freshly ground black pepper

Grilled Chicken:

4 chicken paillards (scaloppini), about 4 ounces each

Olive oil spray

Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Smash the garlic clove, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of salt and with the flat side of a large knife, mash and smear to a coarse paste. Put the garlic paste in a large bowl and stir in the olive oil and lemon juice. Add the tomatoes, cucumber, pepperoncini, and dill and toss. Give a couple of generous grinds of black pepper. Toss again, and set aside.
  2. Preheat a grill pan or nonstick skillet to medium high. Spray the chicken paillards lightly with the olive oil and season with salt and black pepper. Grill the chicken, in batches if necessary, to avoid crowding the pan, turning once, until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Place each paillard on a plate and serve topped with the tomato-cucumber salad.

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Mark S.

Have made similar menu over the years. Why people say it's bland is curious to me. If you find it bland to your taste, add your own touches to bring it to your level of expectations. A little more salt, the addition of favorite cheese to salad, maybe a little more color on the chicken or the addition of your favorite seasoning. You will have the perfect meal and can call it your own recipe.

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