🍉 Chicken Watermelon Salad with Arugula and Feta
This sweet and savory chicken watermelon salad will refresh you on a hot summer day! So grab a cold drink and enjoy the deliciousness!
Servings 5
Calories 330.7kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken thighs (cut into bite-sized pieces)
Marinade
- 2 cups pickle juice (or less)
- 2 Teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 Teaspoon salt
Dressing
- 3 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Teaspoon dijon mustard
- ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
Salad
- cooking spray
- 4 cups arugula
- 1 ½ cups cucumber (chopped into cubes or quarter chunks)
- 1 ½ cups watermelon (chopped into small cubes)
- ⅓ cup crumbled feta (plus extra for garnish)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350. Meanwhile, put your cut chicken into a large bowl. Add marinade ingredients (pickle juice, garlic salt & salt) and mix altogether. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Now make the dressing. In a pyrex measurement cup or small bowl, whisk together balsamic vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard & pepper. Set aside.
- Once the chicken is done marinating, coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Remove chicken from bowl, using a slotted spoon, and place on pan, spread out. Bake chicken for 10 minutes (chicken should read as at least 165 degrees in order to be cooked through).
- In a large bowl, toss arugula, chopped cucumber, chopped watermelon, feta, and chicken. Then add dressing in slowly, choosing your amount. Toss more, and serve. Serve salad in bowls or plates, with extra feta crumbled on top.
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Notes
- For picky eaters: Separate the parts! My sister's kids ate the salad, but only when the chicken, greens and veggies were separated on their plates. And no dressing.
- Be kid-friendly: Learn how to cut cucumbers for kids and jazz up the meal!
- Make it vegetarian: Very simple. Just eliminate the chicken.
- Taste the dressing before you pour it. If you taste too much vinegar, adjust the ratios. Make it how you want. You can also add salt, ditch the mustard, whatever you like!
- To save time: Buy pre-cooked chicken and/or pre-cut watermelon
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 330.7kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.9g | Protein: 37.4g | Fat: 13.2g | Saturated Fat: 3.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5.5g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 181.3mg | Sodium: 3109.5mg | Potassium: 629mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 5.2g | Vitamin A: 754.9IU | Vitamin C: 7.4mg | Calcium: 104.6mg | Iron: 2.1mg